Antoinette Marie Tolentino Sudol: Devoted caregiver and former executive secretary

January 25, 2024 at 12:09 a.m.

Antoinette Marie Tolentino Sudol, 90, of Rye Brook, died peacefully Jan. 10, 2024 at the Fairfield Hospice House in Stamford, Conn.; she had celebrated her 90th birthday Aug. 14, 2023.

A funeral service will be held Sat., Feb. 3 at 11 a.m. at the Craft Memorial Home, 40 Leicester St., Port Chester; a time for visitation by family members and friends will be held prior to the funeral service beginning at 10 a.m.

Toni, as she was also known, was born Aug. 14, 1933 in Port Chester, the second child of Elizabeth Rossi Tolentino and Nicholas Tolentino.

Her brother, Joseph, died in 1969; and, she also had a sister, Josephine.

She was a 1951 honors graduate of Port Chester High School, joined the Reciprocal Managers Insurance Company in Port Chester following graduation and served as an executive secretary there. She later held an administrative position at S&H Uniforms in White Plains.

Mrs. Sudol was a member of Corpus Christi Church her whole life until the parish was closed by the Archdiocese. Her father was one of the many men in the local community who built Corpus Christi Church in the 1920s.

In recent years, she attended Our Lady of Mercy Church in Port Chester.

Throughout her life, she enjoyed the love of her family and always found special ways to let her family know that she loved them dearly.

She is survived by her daughter, Marybeth, her sons Scott and Te; her daughter-in-law Jill; her five grandchildren: Allison, Lindsey, Brendan, Nicole, and Claire; her nine great-grandchildren: Riley, Adrian, Sidney, Cassidy, Chase, Barrett, Lincoln, Owen, and Caylana; her niece Elissa and nephew Tony, and her great-nieces Jacqueline and Alexa; her first cousins Pammy, Bobby, Carol and Joe, and many other cousins.

The story that is well known by all who knew her is the story of her relationship with her daughter, Marybeth. For the past 55 years, she dedicated her life to the care of Marybeth’s special needs. Over time, the two of them were inseparable partners, and each contributed to the care of the other in one way or another. Whether grocery shopping, attending doctors’ appointments, visiting family members, or having lunch with friends, Toni and Marybeth would always travel together. Through all their experiences together, she steadfastly created opportunities to give Marybeth the very best a mom could offer her daughter, and now, Toni will continue to watch over Marybeth as an angel above.

In lieu of flowers, the family invites those who wish to offer material tributes in her memory, by donations to a very special place that offered her wonderful and loving care during her time there: the Fairfield County Hospice House, 1 Den Rd., Stamford, CT 06902 or by planting a tree her memory.