ALTHEA FRANCIS KEENE DAIUTO, 78, OF STUART, FLORIDA. FORMERLY OF LANTANA AND MARATHON, FLORIDA, AND WESTPORT, CONNECTICUT.
WENT TO BE WITH LORD, AFTER A SHORT BUT COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. SHE PASSED
PEACEFULLY ON FRIDAY NOVEMBER 14TH WITH HER DAUGHTER VICTORIA AND DAUGHTER IN-LAW DONNA BY HER SIDE.
ALTHEA WAS BORN DECEMBER 10, 1935 IN NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, TO THE LATE HAROLD AND ETHEL KEENE.
IN 1955 SHE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE JOSEPH DAIUTO.
AFTER MOVING TO FLORIDA ALTHEA BECAME A TRUE MIAMI DOLPHIN FAN. A SEASON TICKET HOLDER FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS. VERY RARELY WOULD SHE MISS A GAME. EVEN WHILE FIGHTING CANCER SHE WOULD HAVE TO BE UP TO WATCH AS SHE PUTS IT "MY DOLPHINS"
SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND JOSEPH, BROTHERS CHARLES, HAROLD AND JIMMY.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER CHILDREN, VITORIA DAIUTO OF CONN, JOSEPH A. DAIUTO OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AND MR & MRS ANTHONY F. DAIUTO OF MARATHON, FLORIDA
SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER SISTERS ETHEL, EMMA AND BROTHER PAUL.
ALTHEA ALSO LEAVES BEHIND FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, MICHELLE & DANIELLE MARTINEZ, LYNSAY & JENNIE DAIUTO. TWO GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS AND TWO GREAT GRANDSONS, AND HER CAT CALI. ALONG WITH MANY LIFELONG FRIENDS.
MOM, AL, GRANDMA, GAMA, OR GG (GREAT GRANDMA) WAS LOVED BY ALL AND WILL SURELY BE MISSED BY ALL. SHE WAS A VERY LOVING AND CARING PERSON.
ALTHEA WILL BE CREMATED AND BE INTERNED WITH HER HUSBAND JOSEPH AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY ARLINGTON VIRGINIA.