Adelina (Addie) Alimonti Walsh, 80, born and raised in, and a long-time resident of Endicott, New York, passed away on March 5th, 2020. Addie graduated from Union Endicott High School. She met her husband Joseph Francis Walsh while working at Endicott Johnson Corporation.
She loved her work in the healthcare industry; first for Dr. DiBella and then for the United Health Services Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation. Her later work, as an aide, in the Endicott Schools, kept her busy until her retirement to Florida and then California, where she lived with her daughters. Joe and Addie were very involved in sports throughout their years together. They were active in the Union Aquatic Club while their daughters swam in Amateur Athletic Union and Union Endicott High School Swim Teams. Their volunteer work continued in the Union Endicott Booster Club when their children graduated.
Weekly family meals and events at home were very often attended by their five girls, and Addie’s two brothers, three sisters and their spouses and her nephews. These traditions continued throughout Addie’s life. The large gatherings moved to their favorite local restaurants and the Sons of Italy. As grandchildren arrived, the attendees, the meals, and buffets grew. And, family activities kept them busy attending musical events, football, wrestling, hockey, baseball and traveling. Addie’s heart was always big enough to keep her friends and family around her and was always there to be a sister, mother, aunt, spouse, friend, seamstress, cook and baker. No celebration was complete without Addie’s additions to the buffet and her famous cheesecake, though this author’s favorite were her ricotta donuts which rival beignets.
Even in retirement her restaurant celebrations continued at her daughter’s East Coast Alice Restaurant where her cheesecake became infamous with locals and regulars. Asa, Los Gatos, was a favorite center of holiday celebrations for Addie, her friends and family. Her water aerobics classmates and friends enjoyed outings to local restaurants and distant casinos.
Addie passed on her latest jaunt to her favorite casino in Santa Rosa, CA, laughing and celebrating with her friends. She is dearly missed by all that survive her, and her cheesecake recipe is held in secret. Addie was predeceased by her son, Thomas Joseph Walsh, her husband, Joseph Francis Walsh, her parents Angelo Alimonti and Frances Errigo Alimonti and her brother, Joseph Alimonti.
She is survived by her daughters and their significant others Frances and Olvy Johnson, Patricia and Steve Daglio, Alice Walsh, Angela and John Schappert, Kathleen Walsh and Don McCarty. Her surviving grandchildren are Robert and Anthony Daglio; Carmen and Elena Johnson, Matthew, Patrick, Christina and Zachary Schappert. Addie is also survived by her siblings, their significant others: Rosalie and Joseph Decillis, Anthony Alimonti, Francine Alimonti Raffa, Angela Alimonti and Douglas Rutter, and Addie’s nephews Angelo Alimonti and Bernie Alimonti also survive her. Addie is survived by nieces and nephews in Massachusetts and Maryland: Pricilla Walsh Picardi-Haswell, John Paul Walsh, Mary Cotton, Alice Ostman, Thomas Dean, Alice E. and Robert T. O’Keefe.
A Funeral Mass will be held Wednesday, July 15th at 6:00 PM at St. Anthony of Padua Church 300 Odell Ave. Endicott, NY. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at the convenience of the family. The family will receive friends at St. Anthony’s Church on Wednesday from 4:00 PM until the time of Mass at 6:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in her memory may be made to Mercy House 212 N. McKinley Ave. Endicott, NY 13760.