Mary Affenito Giammarino

Mary Carmen Affenito Giammarino, age 94 of Knoxville, formerly from Brooklyn, New York, went home to Heaven on March 22, 2015. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother and attended Sacred Heart Church. Preceded in death by husband of 64 years, Anthony T. Giammarino; parents, Eugene and Florence Affenito and an infant son. Survived by daughter, Barbara and Carl Grass; sons, Anthony Thomas and Mona Dworkin-Giammarino, Michael and Fran Giammarino, Gary Joseph Giammarino, and Richard and Mitzi Giammarino; grandsons, Christopher Grass, Thomas Grass, Michael John Giammarino, Matthew Giammarino, and Jesse Giammarino; brother, Alfred Affenito; sister, Ann Ambruster; several nieces and nephews; and many friends at Elmcroft Assisted Living. The family would like to thank the staff at Tennova Residential Hospice for their special care. Funeral Mass 10:00 am Thursday at Sacred Heart Church. The family will receive friends 5:00 – 7:00 pm Wednesday at Mynatt Funeral Home Halls Chapel with Rosary to follow at 7:00 pm. Family and friends will meet 11:15 am Thursday at East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery, Lyons View for 11:30 am interment. Go, gentle spirit…in memory you remain always … it is the absence of your person presence that caused my sorrow. Joy comes when I call your name and know you are there.