LATINA – The citizen of Latina Eleonora Acanfora turned 100 yesterday, but she doesn’t look it. For her anniversary, her five children and her eleven grandchildren organized a beautiful party for her in her home in the center of her, surprisingly also inviting the mayor Matilde Celentano who arrived on time, leaving her stunned celebrated.
Born in Castellamare di Stabia on 3 May 1924, Mrs Eleonora told the first citizen about the dramatic years of the war, about her father who died prematurely when she was 15 and her mother who died in 1943 following the bombing of Terracina. In that period, her future husband Salvatore, born in 1921 and also from Stabia, had been captured and taken prisoner in Greece for four long years. Mrs. Eleonora remembered the day of the culmination of their love, with the wedding celebrated on 15 November 1947 in the cathedral of Terracina, and then choosing Latina as the city in which to live.
From the union of Eleonora and Salvatore, employed in the construction sector, six children were born: Maria (unfortunately passed away in 2005), Franca, Raffaele, Liberato, Agostino and Marco. Then there will be 11 grandchildren and the same number of great-grandchildren. An intense life, full of love, sacrifices, pain, and small joys sought through the passion for dancing and travel.
Yesterday Mrs. Eleonora blew out her hundred candles, surrounded by the immense affection of her family.
