{"id":1914,"date":"2014-12-26T23:28:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T23:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2014-12-26T23:28:37","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T23:28:37","slug":"vera-l-lisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=1914","title":{"rendered":"Vera L. Lisi"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Vera L. Lisi, 99 years old, of Napa, CA (formerly of Hornell) died on December 5 following a long illness.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Born in England on January 4, 1915, she was the daughter of William & Ethel (Watson) Littlefair.<\/p>\n

At the age of 15, Vera\u2019s family left England and eventually settled in Buffalo, NY where she resided for 30 years.\u00a0 Vera graduated from high school and later attended cosmetology school.\u00a0 While living in Amherst, she owned & operated a hair salon for many years.<\/p>\n

She married Arnold Febrey who died in 1957.\u00a0 She was the mother of three daughters, Jane (David) Leue, Anne Febrey and Judi DeSantis.\u00a0 In 1960, she married Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Lisi and they lived in Hornell, NY for over 30 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For several years Vera was a cosmetician at Key Drug and later worked as a real estate agent for Real, Inc.\u00a0\u00a0 While living in Hornell, she served on the Board of Directors of the Hornell Public Library and was a member of the Hornell Fortnightly.\u00a0 Vera was a former member of Christ Episcopal Church and had also attended St. Ann\u2019s Church.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her husband, Tony, died in 1993.\u00a0 In 2000, Vera moved to Napa, California with her granddaughter, Beth (Brian) Dunn.\u00a0 She lived with them and her great-granddaughter, Erin, until June 2013.\u00a0 During that time, she enjoyed spending time with her family and attending many of Erin\u2019s school and extracurricular activities.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vera, known as \u201cNana\u201d to many people throughout her life, was a very loving and caring person who enjoyed doing for others.\u00a0 She had a strong work ethic and always wanted to keep busy, whether it be working outside her home or taking care of her family, whom she loved very much.\u00a0 She enjoyed cooking and baking for her family and friends.\u00a0 She was an avid reader and enjoyed working on crossword puzzles and knitting.\u00a0 Nana was loved by many, including her granddaughter Beth, who thought of her as her second mother.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vera was preceded in death by 2 daughters, Judi DeSantis and Jane Leue; her brother, William Littlefair; her granddaughter, Cathy Leue; and her former son-in-law, Peter DeSantis.<\/p>\n

Among the surviving are seven grandchildren; Beth (Brian) Dunn, Debbie (Pete) Fokos, Krista Leue, Becky (Jeff) Roth, Emily (Spencer) Williams, Paul Leue and Bonnie (Tim) Brock; along with several great-grandchildren, nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

At Vera\u2019s request there will be no prior calling hours.\u00a0 Friends are invited to attend a Memorial Service on Monday at 11:00 AM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY with Deacon Robert McCormick officiating.\u00a0 Final interment will be in St. Ann\u2019s Cemetery.<\/p>\n

Vera\u2019s family request that memorial contributions in her name be made to Queen of the Valley Hospital Foundation, 1000 Trancas Street, Napa, CA 94558 (phone 707-257-4044).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vera L. Lisi, 99 years old, of Napa, CA (formerly of Hornell) died on December 5 following a long illness.\u00a0 Born in England on January 4, 1915, she was the daughter of William & Ethel (Watson) Littlefair. At the age of 15, Vera\u2019s family left England and eventually settled in Buffalo, NY where she resided […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1916,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1914\/revisions\/1916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}