Victoria Albenia King
SCARBOROUGH – Victoria Albenia King, a resident of Piper Shores in Scarborough, handed away peacefully on March 7 at 100 years of age.
“Bena”, as she was fondly referred to as, was the daughter of Pio and Victoria Zamarchi, who immigrated from Rimini, Italy, in 1905. She was born in Portsmouth, N.H., on Jan. 20, 1922, the place she grew up and attended faculty together with her 4 siblings. After highschool she was an accounting clerk for the Italian Cooperation till she married Russell King, who was within the U.S. Navy. Following the tip of World Struggle Il, they settled in Cape Elizabeth with their two kids, Betty and Danny, the place they lived for 45 years.
Bena was an avid homemaker, a profitable Avon consultant for over six a long time, ran a rewarding alteration enterprise, gave stitching classes to her pals, beloved modeling stunning garments for numerous native shops and owned a seasonal card and present enterprise. She was famous for her impeccable sense of favor and beauty. Her stitching skills had been limitless which allowed her to at all times be updating her wardrobe to the newest traits.
All through her life she had a love of music and was a gifted self-taught pianist who might play by ear. Victoria was a member of the Cape Elizabeth Ladies’s Membership (president), Cumberland County Extension, Italian American Membership, Longfellow Backyard Membership, Victoria Mansion Society, Cape Elizabeth Backyard Membership, Mercy
Hospital Auxiliary, Cape Elizabeth/South Portland Seniors (president), and Scarborough Seniors.
Her hobbies had been {golfing}, piano enjoying, dancing, oil portray, transforming garments, cooking and studying well being and dietary literature. She was a tremendous pastry chef who at all times ready sufficient desserts for all household gatherings that might feed the household, neighbors and extra.
She was an unimaginable mom and grandmother. Her household was all the things to her, and he or she had boundless power for them. She cared for her grandchildren on particular overnights making infinite batches of caramel corn. She taught her great-grandchildren the right way to play the piano. She was at all times the primary name you bought in your birthday with a Pleased Birthday serenade.
After her husband died, Victoria moved to Scarborough, the place she met her new soul mate, Harold Snow. Collectively they relished cooking, roasting chestnuts and touring all over the world for over 20 years, till Harold handed in 2011. In 2013, Victoria moved to Piper Shores the place she met her pricey good friend and companion, Widgery Thomas. They’d many laughs collectively having fun with dinners, attending native occasions and visiting members of the family. As Victoria’s well being deteriorated, she wanted the love and care of the attentive and empathetic employees at Holbrook till her demise.
Along with her husband and fogeys, Victoria was predeceased by her three siblings, Bert Zamarchi, Theresa Auger, and Augustine Zamarchi; and daughter-in-law, Kris King.
Reminiscences of her love, kindness and generosity will likely be cherished by her daughter, Elizabeth “Betty” Cimino (Santo) of Cumberland Foreside, her son, R. Daniel King, of Tyler, Texas; two grandchildren, Elizabeth Pierce (Jeffery) of Cumberland, and David Cimino (Kristin) of Cumberland Foreside; and 5 great-grandchildren, Nicholas Cimino, Chloe Pierce, Luca Cimino, Lily Pierce and Holden Pierce; and her brother, Daniel Zamarchi (Theresa), of Portsmouth, N.H.
On the request of Victoria, there will likely be no funeral companies and her ashes will likely be buried subsequent to her husband within the Spring at Riverside Cemetery, Cape Elizabeth.
Memorial donations could be despatched to
Scarborough Hearth & Rescue,
275 U.S. Route 1,
Scarborough, ME 04074
