Anna Stephanio

1902 - 1976

Anna Stephanio was born in Gloucester to Finnish immigrants Erik and Matilda Natti. She graduated from Gloucester High School where she was awarded the Sawyer Medal for academic excellence. In 1924, she graduated from the nursing school at the Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester and worked as a nurse throughout her life. She married Edward Stephanio and they had five children, Mary Ann, Laura, Eleanor, Carol and Diana. She was a member of the Folly Cove Designers in the late 1940s. Her brother Eino Natti and her sister-in-law Lee Kingman Natti were also members of the group.