July 11, 2011 

CAPE VINCENT, N.Y.  —  Marian Drexel Lanzatella Benvenuto, 89, passed away peacefully Saturday, July 9, at her home on the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent. 

A funeral Mass will be said 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 12, at St. Vincent of Paul Church, Cape Vincent. Visitation will be held 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Tuesday.  

Born July 19, 1921, in Rochester, the daughter of Francis and Estelle Drexel, she graduated from Franklin High School in Rochester, where she worked for IBM during World War II. 

She and her husband Nicholas raised their family in Rochester. 

In 2003, she moved to Cape Vincent. 

Marian was predeceased by her husbands, John Lanzatella, and Nicholas J. Benvenuto, Sr.; a brother, Jack Drexel; a sister, Doris Hillhouse; her children, John (Ellen Fleischmann), Dayton, Ohio, Nicholas (Lynn), Rochester, and Mary A. Benvenuto, Cape Vincent; grandchildren, Alexandra Benvenuto, Dallas, Texas, and Antonina and Nicholas Benvenuto, Cape Vincent.  

An avid gardener known for her hollyhocks, Marian was a member of the Rosary Society of St. Vincent of Paul, and the Cape Vincent Improvement League. 

The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be sent to the Cape Vincent Community Library, Real St., Cape Vincent, NY 13618.

Information provided by Cleveland Funeral Home, Inc. and Newzjunky.com, Watertown