My husband, Herman Joseph Zanoni.
We met July 1957 at a softball game with Sylvia his sister but he didn’t ask me out until January 1958. He said though he thought about me. His parents had gone to Italy so he had to manage the store. Our first date was ice skating, that winter we did a lot of ice skating. The thing that attracted her to him was his ears which I noticed when I sat behind him.
My wedding day was a beautiful day, very sunny and just perfect. Mom, Norma Jean, Jerry, and Firman came up for the wedding. Fr. Silvio walked us through the wedding. Fr. John kept talking to everyone about the service, then I went in. Music started so I started down the aisle but no Fr. Silvio had to start over. Lino drove the car to reception/lunch. Herman was 27 years old and I was 23 years, our anniversary date is July 12, 1958. We were married for 52 years.
I admired him because he was down to earth, honest, and hard working. Good family man, helped with the children. I had one husband and the only one I wanted. We got along.
He loved to rock and sing to the babies and one day I came up from the basement and he was singing to Lisa ” Nenne Nenne Nonne” he wasn’t sure what it meant.
He always threw his clothes in the corner and would pick it up but I’d have to tell him. He would dunk his sweets into his coffee. He would like to go to the basement and watch hockey.
One night he was downstairs watching the hockey game and he came to bed and he was so cold. I would always lay on his shoulder until he got warm.
Herman died on December 8th, 2010. He was visiting Marcy because she was having gallbladder surgery. Marcy called me and said Dad had an accident, he fell down the stairs. I didn’t know at the time but he broke his 3rd vertebrae in his neck. Mark flew to Indy. I drove down to Indy with Vince. When I saw him his eyes weren’t as black, he was in a self induced coma. It was a week before we took off life support because neurologist said there was no hope. When he died I told him to go Nenne Nonne and that he was my honey and he shook his head.
