Antoinette Lucile Napoli
Antoinette Lucile (Chiavone) Napoli – Wife, Mother, Banker, Friend, and Gambler died peacefully and flew with the angels on Friday evening, August 14, 2020. Ann was born October 5, 1928 and raised in Houston Texas to Italian immigrant parents Carl Chiavone and Annie Salvato. She attended Stephen F. Austin High School where she played softball and bagpipes in the Scottish Brigade. She married Roy A. Napoli from Dickinson Texas where they made their home for over 50 years. Ann entered banking where she rose to vice president for Allied banks and later worked bookkeeping for Toyota. Ann was an accomplished coin collector who loved the history of coins more than their value. Roy and Ann had two children, Carl Joseph and Roy Michael Napoli. In retirement Roy and Ann travelled coast to coast and raised black angus cattle in Flatonia, Texas. As a volunteer Ann also tutored English at Silbernagel Elementary School. Later in life Ann loved weekly gatherings with her friends to play train and other card games. Her more serious forays into gambling were in Las Vegas and the Gulf Coast casinos, where she could run the black jack table and force casinos to change dealers to shut down her winning streaks. She was an active member of Shrine of the True Cross Catholic Church in Dickinson for over 60 years, and later also attended St. Mary’s Catholic Church in League City, Texas. Ann will be deeply missed by her sons Carl and Michael, daughter-in-law Alison Glendenning-Napoli, grandchildren Clare, Matthew, and Sophia Napoli, and her grand-nephew Anthony Michael Carona, as well as many in the Napoli, Bonario, Restivo, and Chiavone families. A visitation will be held in her honor at Crowder Funeral Home in Dickinson, Texas from 5-7:00pm on Wednesday, August 19 followed by a Rosary service. A mass will be held on Thursday, August 20 at 10:30am at The Shrine of the True Cross Catholic Church in Dickinson, Texas. Entombment will follow at Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery in Dickinson, Texas.
To my friend Carl, I pray that you and your family are comforted by God’s holy angels and that time and sweet memories will heal your hearts. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
With deepest Sympathy for the loss of your mother.
Some of my fondest memories of Ann were at our Bonario family reunions. She was an awesome woman and I know she will be dearly missed by all, but will be reunited in heaven with all those that have gone before her. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. May God bless you and comfort you during this time. My father, Roy Bonario also sends his love and prayers.
Dear Family, My sister, Marilyn, brother Tommy and I are sending you our deepest sympathies over the loss of your beautiful mother.
We were raised on Christensen Street, across from “Aunt Annie” and Uncle Carl”. We were not related but they were like an Aunt and Uncle to us. We remember Antoinette and her sister Lenora as the beautiful Chiavone girls. We moved to Christensen street in 1946, after the war. We have many fond memories of Aunt Annie and Uncle Carl. Mother and Aunt Annie had coffee every afternoon. We remember coming home from school seeing the two of them at the kitchen table drinking coffee and sharing a good laugh. We will never forget them and their love and kindness. We would love to hear from you.
Lovingly,
Jo Ann Pusateri Tollett
All our love and prayers for the family in the loss of your mother and grandmother. She must have been an amazing person Carl to raise a kind, loving and joyful soul as you Carl Napoli. May God grant you all His solace and for Ann, a full welcome home to His heart.