Elizabeth Mary Gaudino -- known as “Nanny,”...
Elizabeth Mary Gaudino -- known as “Nanny,” “Betty” and “Red” -- died
Sunday at her Laguna Beach home, surrounded by her family. She was 95
and died of congestive heart failure.
Gaudino was born Feb. 7, 1910 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was married
for 26 years to Joseph Gaudino, a lawyer from New York. Shortly after
her husband’s death, she moved to New Jersey to live with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mary Ann and Sal Del Pizzo, and their four
children. At the prompting of her son, William Gaudino, the entire
family moved to Laguna Beach in 1978.
A retired fashion designer, she lived with her family, enjoying an
active life, walking up and down Locust Street to Main Beach
sometimes twice a day, until she was 93 years old.
“As long as you are walking and know what to wear, you will never
get old,” she said.
She is survived by her children, William and Mary Ann, and their
spouses, as well as four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren,
ages 2 to 18.
Services were scheduled for Thursday at McCormick & Son Mortuary
in Laguna Beach.
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