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Obituary: Dorothy A. Hanno, 98, Formerly of Lowville
Published: June 07, 2025
By: Provided by
Sundquist Funeral Home
IN LOVING MEMORY
Dorothy Angelina Hanno
June 2, 1926 – May 22, 2025
 Dorothy Angelina Hanno was born in Brooklyn, New
York, on June 2, 1926, to Italian immigrants Rachel DeSalvo Buoniconto and Frank Buoniconto,
Sr. She attended Bay
Ridge High
School, an all-girls institution where she
excelled in business and art. Following graduation, she worked at Dun and
Bradstreet, and during the war was an air raid warden and member of the
Girls Service Organization (GSO). Dorothy later moved to Cairo, New York,
to be with her family and took a job at the Cairo Diner. It was there that she
met Paul, the love of her life, who was hauling milk into New York City. They married on April 23, 1949.
On May 22, 2025,
after almost 99 years on this Earth, Dorothy passed away. She was
predeceased by her husband Paul in 1999, her son Bruce in 2009, and her
daughter-in-law Nancy Widrick Hanno in 2025. She was predeceased by
siblings Mary Benedetto, Helen Ranieri, and Frank Buoniconto,
Jr. She is survived by seven children--Robert (Mary Lou), Paula Nickerson,
Barbara Harris (David), Pamela Hanno, Mary Schilling (Carl), Michael Hanno,
and Angela Votta (David). Dorothy also leaves behind ten
grandchildren--Lucas Nickerson, Lindsay Nickerson, Kelsey Witkiewicz,
Thomas Hanno, Amos Parry, Ben Schilling, Jared Campbell, Kellie Hanno,
Matthew Widrick, and Nicholas Widrick; as well as eleven great
grandchildren. She has a surviving brother Richard Buoniconto
(Marlene) and brother-in-law Thomas Hanno.
Dorothy’s most
significant accomplishment was raising eight children in Lowville, whom she
held as her pride and joy. With her husband Paul, they ran Paul’s
Restaurant, the Windsor Hotel, and a Surge dairy business in Lowville.
Dorothy was active in St. Theresa’s Guild at St. Peter’s Catholic Church,
and she was a 4-H leader—where she shared her skills as a great cook and
talented seamstress. Paul and Dorothy moved to Cassville, New York, in 1978
to raise veal calves and in 1994 retired to Cape Coral, Florida. Dorothy
and Paul took pleasure in an active social life and enjoyed traveling.
A calling hour
for family and friends will be held on Saturday, July 19 from 10 a.m. until
11:00 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Lowville. A Funeral Mass will
follow at 11:00 a.m. Burial will be in the Old Glendale Cemetery in
Glenfield. Family and friends are invited to the Lowville Elks Lodge for a
luncheon at 1:00 p.m. to celebrate Dorothy’s life.
The family
requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Lowville Fire
Department or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
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