Eulogy / Francine Piscitelli (Sister)
A story about our little brother
One day back in 1973, my parents decided that they were going to have another child, as if 3 children were not enough. My father wanted an American-born and my mom wanted another baby girl for me. I remember it as if it were yesterday; my parents called from the hospital to say that the baby was born. Funny thing was, my brother Pat and Anthony played a trick on me and told me that the baby was a little girl. I was so happy, I was jumping up and down with excitement. Later they told me it was a baby boy and I was so disappointed. But there he was little Ronny Capozzo. Little did I know at that time that I would love him no more than if he was a sister. He was such a beautiful baby. When he was born I was 13 years old, so not only did I consider him my brother, but like my own child. As a matter of fact I would often slip and call him my son instead of my brother.
Ronny was always happy and full of fun. He thought life was just one big party. Life was not easy for Ronny even as a young child. There was always something that happened to him. But he always was happy and always getting into trouble. I remember a party vividly, at the Annex Club and Ronny and I believe it was Fred and Franky took all the toilet paper and plugged up all the toilets. And because of that the Capozzo Family was banned from the Annex Club for a long time.
As years went on, Ronny looked up to his older brothers and wanted to be just like them. Ronny was a natural athlete who excelled in every sport that he played. His favorite sport by far was Jai-Alai because Pat and Anthony played Jai-Alai and Ronny idolized them.
Ronny had to grow up very young because he had his first child, Joey, at 22 years old. But Ronny didn’t care, he was so happy for be a father that he soon had his second child, Claudia. He loved his children more than life itself and they love him.
Ronny loved everyone and everyone loved Ronny. That was part of the problem. No matter what he did, all he had to do was look at you with his puppy eyes and you could forgive him or give in to what he wanted. He was polite and respectful and always wanted our families to be together. He loved his nieces and nephews and was very proud of them with their accomplishments. He would often say that the reason they excelled at sports or were recognized for anything was because of him. As if he shaped them into who they are today. And maybe he was right, a little bit.
As we were going through pictures I always knew he was handsome but we didn’t really realize how beautiful he was.
Ronny was a strong person physically but he wasn’t so strong when he had to deal with certain struggles in his life. He tried so hard, he really did but he just couldn’t do it. Even at his last days he tried to get help. The last time I talked to him I asked him to pray to God and ask Him to help. He told me not to worry and that he said his prayers, the Serenity prayer, every night. He said "God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can change, and the wisdom to know the difference"
We will always remember our brother as the beautiful strong person that he was. We all love him very much and will always be in our hearts forever.
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