Obituary of Noema Corradi

Noema Esther Maria Pasqua Lucia Mannella Corradi was born July 23, 1928 in Pescocostanzo, L'Aquila , Abruzzo , Italy . She was the only child of Oliviero G. Mannella of Pescocostanzo and Erminia A. Cocozza (Mimi) of Santa Maria del Molise. Her family relocated from Italy first to Pittsburgh , PA in 1929 and finally settled in Warren , Ohio as her father, Oliviero was already a Naturalized US Citizen and had served honorably in the United States Army during World War I. At his discharge in France , he returned to Italy where he met Mimi and they were married. Noema graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in Warren , Ohio , Class of 1947. She began her long career in the Jewelry Business at Sach's Jewelry on Market Street in Downtown Warren. Shortly after, she met and married Alfredo Nestore Corradi of Collelongo, L'Aquila , Abruzzo. They had two children, Paul Vincent (deceased 2009) and Alfred Anthony (Freddie). The family then relocated to Southern California in 1962. After helping Alfredo establish the new California location for his Custom Tailor Shop, now appropriately named "Corradi of California" on the outskirts of Toluca Lake, Noema put her skills as twice named Woman of the Year of the American Business Women’s Association to work and became the Administrator for the Composers & Lyricists Guild of America, Inc. in Hollywood where she helped many famous artists such as Henry Mancini, John Williams, Tom Scott, Marilyn & Alan Bergman, Elmer Bernstein, Marvin Hamlisch and countless others in their continuing efforts to secure the rights to the music they had composed for Motion Picture and Television, which the Producers insisted they now owned. She returned to her first love, The Jewelry Business, as the Manager of Frank Vernon Jewelers, a wholesale diamond broker in Downtown Los Angeles’ Jewelry Mart where she remained for 25 years until her retirement in 2005. In addition to her family and business career, Noema selflessly donated her time throughout her life as a member, administrator and even President of numerous clubs and organizations, the closest to her heart being the Abruzzesi e Molisani di California, where she served as President for several terms. Some of the other organizations Noema was associated with were (in no certain order) Collelongese Society of Warren, Ohio (Active Member); Amerital Club of Warren, Ohio; Warren Chamber of Commerce, Warren, Ohio; Credit Manager’s Association, Warren, Ohio; YWCA, Warren, Ohio; American Business Women’s Association, Warren, Ohio (Charter Member); American Business Women’s Association, San Diego, CA; American Business Women’s Association, Glendale, CA; American Business Women’s Association, North Hollywood, CA; Toluca Lake Chamber of Commerce, Toluca Lake, CA; Lady Kiwanis Club, Toluca Lake Chapter; St. Anne’s Melkite League, North Hollywood, CA; Notre Dame High School Band Booster Club (President), Sherman Oaks, CA; Italian Catholic Federation Branch 100 Sun Valley, CA; Italian Catholic Federation Branch 102 Sepulveda, CA; Italian Catholic Federation Branch 67 (Active Member) Los Angeles, CA; Villa Scalabrini Auxiliary, Sun Valley, CA; Italian Women’s Club of Los Angeles; Federated Italo Americans of Southern California (President); Abruzzesi e Molisani di California (President). Noema passed on February 27, 2014 and is survived by her son, Freddie and Grandchildren Michael Anthony, Elizabeth Ann and Jennifer Nicole. Also left behind is her precious Miniature Pinscher, "Dingloo." Services and Mass are to be held at Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana in Mission Hills , CA on March 10, 2014 at Noon followed by interment in the San Fernando Mission Cemetery together with her husband Alfredo and along side her parents, Oliviero and Erminia. Further details can be obtained from Crippen Mortuary in La Crescenta, CA at (818) 249-6131.