Visiting Thursday, January 19, 2023 from 3 – 8 PM at Torregrossa Funeral Home, 1305 79th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11228 Mass of Christian Burial Friday, January 20, 2023 at 9:30 AM at the Basilica of Regina Pacis, 1230 65th St, Brooklyn, NY 11219 Entombment to follow at St. Charles Cemetery, 2015 Wellwood Ave, Farmingdale, NY 11735 VILLANI, MARIA, nee De Santis, peacefully entered God’s kingdom on January 14, 2023 at the age of 94 at home, Brooklyn, New York, with her loving children by her side. She was born in Cansano, L’Aquila, Italy on May 18, 1928. At the age of 9 she lost her mother to sickness; and she was raised by an aunt. With a 6th grade education, she mastered financing, psychiatry, cooking, sewing and gardening. She was a devoted friend, mom, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt. At age