(by Emanuela Ricci) Today in Colleferro she died at the age of 86 Maria Antonietta Pucello (better known as Maria), a charismatic and unique figure who helped to write, with her reckless life, indelible pages in the historical book of our country. She was just 10 years old at the end of World War II, then a teenager and a woman during the rebirth of our country after the first postwar period. The most difficult period for Italians where there was nothing, you had to roll up your sleeves and get busy to bring home a piece of bread. We left the house early in the morning without a certainty but with unimaginable strength of mind, the same strength that has supported Mary up to our days.
We know Maria. He ran a fruit and vegetable shop with his parents in Segni, every morning he went to the fruit and vegetable market in Fondi, in the sense that she drove the truck at 18, she was the one who bargained for goods with men, asserted herself and, according to the testimonies, always came out at the expense of a world that at that time did not know the culture of gender equality. …. "She was a real bersagliera, she put those men to attention"... Maria he had a real passion for engines. He worked in the transport company "I got it“, He drove the buses, to the amazement of the male passengers who often asked Bruno, Maria's husband: "but we can trust you ... .. " More than me!Bruno replied with a hint of pride. Maria knew how to use the cutter, she rode motorcycles without hesitation, in short, an eclectic woman who never ran out of strength to face new challenges to help support her family and raise children Louise e Caesar Fagnani.
Louise"my mum never stood still, until the very end, always energetic, mum was unique, she left us… it's a very bad feeling, now she's gone ”.
The sad news is given by the family, the grandchildren, the son Caesar and daughter Luigia Fagnani, councilor at the Municipality of Colleferro and a local volunteer Civil protection.
The funeral will be held on 13 Octoberre 2021 at 10.00 at the Cathedral of Segni (RM)