Viola Calabresi Proeller

CAMDEN - Viola Calabresi Proeller, 90, of Staten Island, New York, and Camden, Maine, died on February 12, 2023 at Quarry Hill in Camden.
She was the daughter of Francesco and Gertrude Calabresi, and the sister of Frank, Remo, and Nita.
Viola grew up in Queens, New York, where she attended the High School of Music and Art in Manhattan and Queens College. During her time at Queens College, she was Student Council President. After college, she studied painting for two years in Italy before returning to the United States where she earned a master's degree in art education from New York University.
In 1961, she wed Hans Alwin Proeller and together they raised three children, John, Peter, and Marie, on Staten Island. When her children were young, Viola worked as an artist and as a potter, while also teaching art in a New York City public school program called Learning to Read Through the Arts. She later studied Risk Management and worked in the student health insurance department of New York University for ten years before retiring.
In 2019 she moved from Staten Island to Rockland, Maine, to live with her son Peter, and later moved to the Quarry Hill community in Camden in 2022.
She was an avid gardener and doting grandmother. Viola is survived by her children; John Proeller, Peter Proeller, and Marie Proeller Hueston; and her grandchildren, Owen Proeller, Dylan Proeller, Ian Hueston and Sage Hueston.
Those who would like to share a story or memory may do so on Viola's family Book of Memories at www.bchfh.com.
Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock Street, Rockland, Maine.2b:[