Antionette White
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Antoinette "Toni" (Naples) White left this life in the early hours of Monday, December 20, 2021.
She came into it on June 13, 1934, the ninth of eleven children raised on the Naples Farm in Durham, CT. She grew up in a house partly built by her father, Archangelo "Andy", and shared that home with six sisters, four brothers, and her indomitable mother, Maria "Mary". Of this group of thirteen, she was the last to make her final exit.
Toni lived her life with a deep connection to family and a profound sense of what it was to stay connected - both to those we love, and to a Higher Power. She was a woman of enduring faith, and she embraced the fact that faith and spirit might be different for us all, but at the heart of everything is Love.
She loved little in this life more than her family, including a wide web of siblings and in-laws, children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends. To list them all by name would be longer than space allows, but suffice it to say that she is missed by a significant number of people, not the least of which include her children: Lisa Greene (Brad), Linda Esser, Glenn White (Mona Treadway), and Annette Cochefski (Roy), and grandchildren: Ryan and Lindsey Greene, and Rachel Esser. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 50 years, Sheldon, and by her much adored son-in-law Dan Esser.
A memorial service in celebration of Toni's life will be held on June 13, 2022, 11 a.m., at Notre Dame Church in Durham, CT.