THERESA M. CAPUCILLI

Held strong by the love and presence of her family, Theresa Marie Capucilli passed away in the early morning of June 23, 2025 in her home. She was also born at home in Solvay, NY on January 24, 1925, as the moon covered the sun during a total solar eclipse. From a humble beginning, Terry rose to the world’s highest stature as a Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Great-Grandmother who was held in esteem and admired by family and friends her entire life. With a flair for independence and originality, Mom combined strength and perseverance into a style that became uniquely hers. Never idle, her hands were in constant motion preparing sustenance of all kinds, creating coverings and clothing, handwriting her thoughts, folding, flowering, card playing, solving puzzles, turning the pages of countless books, and finding bargains galore. Terry was Vice President of her high school senior class, she worked at Solvay’s Pass & Seymour factory in the 1940s, held retail jobs including at the Addis Company and Dey Brothers while raising a family and later at West Hill Golf Course. She volunteered at Syracuse University’s International Wives Club, helping immigrants assimilate to the United States. She was involved in several Social & Church organizations and visited hospitals and nursing homes, spreading cheer, with the Joygerm Joan organization as the clown ”Tweety Tree”. She could sing and be silly. She could counsel and console. Mom’s way of connecting with people endeared them to her forever. Terry and her husband, Danny, transferred their outgoing personalities, talents and intuitions to their seven children in a household full of faith, fun, food, music, art, hard work, shared responsibility and unconditional love. Theresa Marie Capucilli embraced her long life with vim and vigor, celebrating and taking immense pride in the accomplishments of her children and grandchildren while demonstrating strength and stoicism during times of despair. She always reached for the moon, her companion at birth, and found happiness and positivity everywhere. One of the last of her generation on both sides of our family she was predeceased in 1997 by her high school sweetheart and husband of 52 years, Danny; parents, Nicholas & Mary (Brown) Dattellas; sisters, Lucille Dattellas, Philomena Boland and Irene Barnello; brother, Charles Dattellas; grandson, David Capucilli; and granddaughter, Jamie Ripple. Surviving are her children; Dennis (Jo Anne), William (Alyssa), Mary Debra (McCafferty), Terese (William), Danny, Jr. (Janine), Michael, Elizabeth (Michael), 10 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and her beloved caretakers. Family and friends may call Monday, June 30, 2025 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at BAGOZZI TWINS FUNERAL HOME, 2601 Milton Avenue, Solvay, NY 13209. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 9:30 AM Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at St. Marianne Cope Parish–St. Cecilia Church, 1001 Woods Rd, Solvay. Private burial will follow in Belle Isle Cemetery, Syracuse. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Theresa’s memory to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, The Special Olympics of NY, or Doctors without Borders. Please share online tributes and memories at www.bagozzitwins.com.

THERESA M. CAPUCILLI

January 24, 1925 - June 23, 2025