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Jennie T. DePino Costanzo, 102, of North Haven passed away peacefully on July 3 at her home. She was the beloved wife of the late Anthony C. Costanzo. Jennie was born in New Haven on Jan. 29, 1919, the daughter of the late Salvatore and Martha Proto DePino.

She earned her bachelor and master’s degrees from the former Southern Connecticut State Teacher’s College. Jennie was a teacher in the New Haven Public School system, teaching at Nathan Hale School for more than 20 years. She was a member of the North Haven Art Guild for more than 40 years where she won numerous awards and was a devoted parishioner and former CCD teacher at St. Barnabas Church.

Jennie enjoyed gardening, sewing, and painting as well as cooking and baking for her family, whom she loved unconditionally. She was the mother of Anthony F. Costanzo, Robert F. Costanzo, Mary Ann Valentino (Anthony) and the late Charles P. Costanzo; mother-in-law of Anita Costanzo and Donna Costanzo; grandmother of Jennifer Olsen, Charles Costanzo, Jr., Amanda Valentino, and Anthony Valentino, III; great-Grandmother of Erik, Marie, Emilio, and Anthony; and great-, great-grandmother of Naomi. She is also survived by her brother-in-law Frank Costanzo and his wife Rosemary and many loving nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her siblings Anna Apuzzo, Josephine Gambardella, Andrew DePino, and Mary DeMaio.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Jennie’s caregivers Anahit Simonyan and Gayane Vasquez.

The visiting hours will be from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, July 8, at The Havens Family, North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at noon in St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish at St. Barnabas Church. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish, 44 Washington Avenue, North Haven, CT 06473 or Vitas Hospice Healthcare, 199 Park Road Ext., Middlebury, CT 06762. For her online obituary, please visit www.northhavenfuneral.com.