
Alton, Ill.: White Chapel Press Productions, 2002. Haunted Chicago: History & Hauntings of the Windy City. Chicago Haunts: Ghosts of the Windy City. Julia’s ghost, clad in her wedding dress, is reported walking through the cemetery’s tombstones at night. The monument bears two photographs, one of Julia in her gown on her wedding day and one of her incorrupt body in the exhumed casket. Julia’s family collected enough money to have a monument erected at her grave. A photograph was taken of her body inside her opened casket- which showed signs of rotting and decay from having been in the ground. Julia’s corpse was found to have suffered no decay, but to be incorrupt- like a saint’s corpse-with her flesh as soft as though she were still alive. In 1927, Filomena’s request was at last granted. She explained to authorities that she did not know why she needed to have the exhumation done, only that she had to do it. The nightmares persisted for six years, during which Filomena sought to have Julia’s grave reopened. Not long after Julia’s burial, Filomena began to experience nightmarish DREAMS in which Julia said she was still alive and needed her mother’s help. our parish reading the final prayers of comfort and life at the Cemetery. She was laid to rest with the Buccola family, not her husband’s, for her mother, Filomena, blamed her husband for her death. Marys School on Tuesdays for students in Grades 1-5. Her dead child was placed in her arms and buried with her. According to Italian tradition, dying in childbirth is a type of martyrdom, and so Julia was buried in her white wedding dress. She died in 1921 at age 29, giving birth to her first child, a stillborn. Julia Buccola Petta, known as the Italian Bride, haunts her grave in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside, Illinois, near Chicago.Ī native of the west side of Chicago, Julia married young. Jude Children's Research Hospital ( Italian Bride is a ghost of a young woman whose body was found to be inexplicably undecayed six years after burial. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Interment will take place at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington. Funeral Mass will follow 12:00 PM at Our Lady of Mt. Visitation is on Thursday, September 2, 2021, 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM at RIOTTO FUNERAL HOME & Cremation Company, 3205 John F. Everyone one will miss her everyday for she is held deeply in our hearts forever. She was also survived by wonderful nieces and nephews, husbands and wives, cousins, sister in laws, friends and caregivers that touched her life in the last several years. Her dearest brother Lou Vertucci and sister-in-law Irene. Her sister Florence Frank, her nephews Robert, Joseph and Christopher Frank, and Margaret Ann Lyman niece of her late sister Joanne.

She was survived by her daughter Gina Bellizzi who adored and cared for her Mom. She was a loving caring devoted mother and was predeceased by her loving husband Frank Bellizzi known as Chick, her beloved daughter Marianne Dudar, her beloved grandson Ryan Dudar, and her loving sister Joanne Tulloch. One of the proprietors of Stuyvesant Liquors, Sandy's creative window displays would have passers by gaze in amazement.Ī connoisseur of wines, Sandy arranged wine tasting parties.Īfter selling her partnership she opened Rosemary Bridals, making every bride's dream come true, customizing headpieces for their special day. mount carmel cemetery bride buried alive. Aloysius Academy, the school her daughters attended raising money for the school or charity of their choice. She was an officer of the Mothers Auxiliary of St. Teresa. She was on the committee of St Francis Hospital ball, orchestrating the decorations to benefit raising money for hospital projects. The co-chairman of the Teresian of The Sodality of the children of Mary of St. The perfectionist she was, from cooking special meals to running charities, she was president of the Astrea Junior Guild. Sandy was the matriarch of the family and shared her knowledge, her wisdom with many. Sandy was raised in Downtown Jersey City. Rose "Sandy" Bellizzi (nee Vertucci), 96, a lifelong resident of Jersey City passed away peacefully on Monday, August 30, 2021.
