Jessie A. Terrasi

Ms. Jessie A. Terrasi died on September 21, 2022.  Jessie was the daughter of the late Filippo and Josephine Bruccoleri Terrasi.  Jessie was born in New Haven, CT. on September 9, 1933.  Jessie’s family includes her brother Anthony and sister-in-law Phyllis Terrasi, her niece Karen (Gary) Hodgdon, nephew and Godson Anthony Terrasi, great nephews Gary (Sharon) Hodgdon II and Garrett Hodgdon, great nieces Jasmine Terrasi (Grzegorz) Pielecha and Adrianna Terrasi (Timothy) McCabe, great, great nephews and nieces Devin, Kai, Joanna, Bodhi and Remi Rose.  She was predeceased by her great nephew Grant Hodgdon.   She also leaves many dear friends, too numerous to list. Jessie served on the Board of Finance under 3 mayors in West Haven, from 1987- 1997Jessie started her career in banking at Union Trust Co., then to First Bank and retired as an officer from Fleet Bank.  Jessie loved to travel, taking many cruises to the Caribbean Islands and many times to Bermuda by ship and air and transatlantic to and from Italy.  She was very proud of her Italian heritage and especially her roots in Sicily, where she leaves many cousins and friends.

Visitation will take place on Friday morning, September 30, 2022, from 11 am to 12:30 pm at the West Haven Funeral Home at the green.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Lawrence Church at 1 pm.  Interment will follow in St. Lawrence Cemetery.  Donations may be made to Make-a-Wish, CT., 56 Commerce Drive, Trumbull, CT. 06611. 

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