Anna Benaquisto Grabowski

March 16, 1926 - March 16, 2015

NISKAYUNA – Anna Benaquisto Grabowski, 89, entered peacefully into eternal rest on Monday, March 16, at home surrounded by her loving family. Anna was born in Schenectady on June 11, 1925 the daughter of the late Aggilio and Maria Ferrara Benaquisto. She was educated in Schenectady schools and worked as a waitress at several restaurants including the Toddle House, James' and The Puritan. She retired from AARP pharmacy services. Anna was a devoted communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church. She was predeceased by her beloved husband Alexander N. Grabowski, whom she married on August 26, 1956 and who passed on August 19, 1986; siblings, Caroline Ricci, Angeline "Jane" Mulholland, Philomena House, Yolanda Newton, Ralph Benaquisto, Mary Battaglia, Salvatore Benaquisto; and several nieces and nephews. Anna is survived by her loving and devoted children, Angela Grabowski, of Niskayuna and John Grabowski and his wife Charleen, of Rock City Falls; adoring grandchildren, Justin Grabowski and Allison Grabowski. Many nieces and nephews also survive. Services will be held on Friday from the Rossi & Ditoro Funeral Home, 501 Union St. (at N. Jay) at 10 am and then to St. John the Evangelist Church, Union Street where a Mass will be celebrated at 11am. Interment will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Kings Road. Relatives and friends are invited and may call at the Rossi & Ditoro Funeral Home on Friday from 9 to 10 am. Memorial contributions may be made in Anna's memory to Northeast Association of the Blind, 301 Washington Ave., Albany, NY 12206 or Community Hospice, 1411 Union St., Schenectady, NY 12308.