Migliazzo, Ann Olivia DelCiello, 94, Ann died peacefully in her sleep on February 22, 2024. Ann was born in Los Angeles California on October 26, 1929 to Mary Angela Zappa and Benedetto Del Ciello from Pescolanciano, Italy, the oldest of three daughters. Ann graduated from Bishop Conaty Our Lady of Loretto High School, the first Archdiocesan Catholic girls’ high school in Los Angeles, and was known at an early age for her beautiful singing voice. She was offered a scholarship to join the San Francisco Opera Company, but her parents were reluctant to let her move so far from home. Ann decided to join the Dominican Nuns however her mother got ill unfortunately, and Ann returned home, holding a lifelong devotion to all nuns who dedicate their life to serving God.Ann had a larger-than-life personality and loved her family, God, music, and being Italian. She was the President of the St Michael’s Young People’s Club in Los Angeles and one afternoon, her future father-in-law heard her singing Italian songs and declared that one of his sons should marry the beautiful blonde and one of them did. Ann and Sam Migliazzo were married with over 350 guests at the wedding of the summer officiated by the Reverend Father Felix Migliazzo July 13, 1954. Shortly thereafter, Sam was drafted during the Korean War stationed in Lompoc, California where Ann started the church choir.Sam was then offered one of the first civilian jobs at Castle Air Force Base in Merced, California, where Ann and Sam started their family.Ann and Sam eventually arrived in Orange County, California when it was still full of orange groves. Ann was a beloved school guidance counsellor at Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach High Schools for twenty-five years where many children continued to send Ann updates of their lives well into adulthood. Ann was known for her fun parties where the dancing and piano playing went well into the early morning of the hours. Most of all Ann loved singing. Driving her children to school, she would drive fast and sing at the top of her voice. On Sundays at church, everyone always knew when Ann was in the church by her beautiful forte soprano voice. For more than 30 years, Ann was the wedding coordinator and led the children’s choir followed by the adult choir at St Barbara’s Catholic Church in Santa Ana. Her favorite thing to do in the evenings was wait until her children went to bed, where they could hear their mother singing and playing the piano, what she called her relaxation time. Annie was a devoted wife, mother, sister, and Nonna and will be dearly missed by all. She is predeceased by her beloved husband Sam and survived by her daughters, Maureen (Michael), Mari-Ann, Janine (Kirk) and grandchildren Gabriella, Gigi, Isabella, Markie, Jake, Giuliana, her wonderful ‘baby’ sister Nilda and numerous DelCiello and Migliazzo relatives.The rosary will be held at 10:30am, followed by the funeral mass on Friday, March 15 at 11:00am. Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 17270 Ward Street, Fountain Valley, CA.Memorial donations may be made to Villa Siena, 1855 Miramonte Ave., Mountain View, CA 94040.

 

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