Adelina "Ele"

Fontanazza

Adelina “Ele” Fontanazza

March 21, 1934 – November 7, 2026

Adelina “Ele” Fontanazza of Hartford passed away peacefully on November 7, 2026 at the age of 92.

She was born in Calascibetta (EN) Italy and moved to Hartford Connecticut in 1995 to stay with her beloved younger sister, Gay Sanderson.

Adelina will be forever missed by her daughter Ileana and husband Aldo, her nephews Martino and Lorenzo and granddaughter, Eleonora, all in Italy. Also, by a niece and several nephews in Connecticut.

Ele was an avid reader, loved to cook, knit, and crochet along with cultivating and caring for her vegetable and houseplants.

A special thank you to her friends Lucy, Carmen, Maria, Madelina and Patt who were always present in her life in America.

She is predeceased by her daughter Daniela, sister Gay, brothers Mario and Carl.

Funeral service will be held Friday, November 13, 2026 at 11:30AM at Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Turnpike, Wethersfield, CT 06109. Burial immediately following service at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford.