ANDONIETTA ANNA ANGONE BRANCATO

Anna was born in Bakersfield, California to Italian emigrants, Nicola and Mary (Galatro) Angone, from Buonabitacolo, Italy. She attended General Shafter School & Bakersfield High School, graduating class of 1955.

Mom met Dad in 1956 at Michener’s Drive Inn with her girlfriend Yvonne Zunnio Atwood. They married on June 14, 1958 with a honeymoon in San Francisco, then moving to Los Angeles. Mom’s heart was always in her hometown.While working full time as a bookkeeper keeping books for the family farming operation for her parents, she passed on her bookkeeping knowledge to her sister-in-law Alberta when Aldo starting farming. Always the cheerleader for her children, she would help in all activities from den mother, girl scout leader, and band mother making all the flags for the Arroyo High Jr. band. Upon moving back to Bakersfield in 1976, Mom went to work at Elk Hills as a payroll supervisor for WB.E.C., completing her career with Bethel Petroleum 29 years.

Mom became active in 4-H and FFA clubs helping with all activities. Mom & Dad always included us in everything they did from buying a concession stand/trailer making mini donuts, camping in a tent when they were younger, graduating to an RV motor home which there were 3. She also helped with cooking at the Italian Heritage Dante Association. We are eternally grateful.

They went on many adventures together going to Oregon, Arizona, Las Vegas, Nevada. She loved playing the penny slots, California beach towns, Washington DC, New York and New Jersey, traveled all over the west coast, and trips to Europe.

In 1987 Mom traveled to Italy with her mom Mary, son Michael, daughter Barbara Ann & cousin Antonietta, meeting her Italian family for the first time, then on to Germany, meeting our German family the Cobbs & Schulers. She made many trips back to Italy and Germany visiting family &friends. Her last trip was in 2021 after the loss of her husband in June of 2020. Mom loved her hobbies of sewing with the model A ladies. She made special lifelong friends there.