Centenarian: Mary Re
Mary Re was born Oct. 2, 1912, in Brooklyn. She is the fifth child of Guiseppa and Gaspare Accardi, who immigrated to Brooklyn from Alcamo, Sicily. Mary, who married Luigi Italo Re in 1934, was widowed after 59 years. Mary belonged to the International Ladies Garment Workers of America. She worked in factories in Brooklyn making doll clothes for Madame Alexander and Effanbee dolls. She lived in...