Hello. I would like to thank everyone for all of this information. Immediately after I posted the question I was dx with bc. I lost track of this website over the past several years dealing with that. Tonight I heard from Carmella and that brought me back here ... it actually was exciting to hear from someone who may be a relative.
I am a direct decendent of Cosmo Speranzella who was my great-grandad. He never spoke a word of English ..... and, he outlived his son, my grandfather, Michael Speranzella who is also buried at Holy Redeemer.