Antoinette Foti-Agas, 93, of San Diego, CA, died Sunday, March 8, 2009. Born December 15, 1915 in Reggio Calabria, Italy to Grazia (Pugliese) and Paul Foti, Antoinette emigrated to the U.S. through Ellis Island in 1923. Mary Agas, as she was known to many friends in New York, was married to Mariano Agas in New York and lived in the Inwood section of Manhattan from 1940 to 1992. She worked as a nurses' aide at West Hill Sanitorium in Riverdale and Jewish Memorial Hospital. For many years she was in retail at Carters Department store in Inwood. In 1992 she moved to San Diego, California.

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Constance and Neal Garcy, Leona and John Shadrach, her much loved grandson, Jon Dylan Shadrach "the light of my life", and many nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews. She was loved and will be missed by family and friends.

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the Mass of Christian Burial Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 10 AM from Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, 558 W. Walnut St., Lancaster, PA 17603 with Reverend Michael Culkin as celebrant.  Interment will be in St. Anthony Catholic Cemetery, Lancaster.  A viewing will be held Friday evening from 6 until 8 PM at Charles F. Snyder Jr. Funeral Home and Chapel, 3110 Lititz Pike, Lititz, PA 17543.  A second viewing will be held Saturday morning from 9 until 10 AM at the church.  To send an online condolence, please visit www.snyderfuneralhome.com.