Anne De Lorenzo Casanova

Anne D. Casanova of Sarasota, Florida passed away at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on May 19, 2022 from pancreatic cancer. Ms. Casanova was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 1, 1966, daughter of Charlsey McFarlane De Lorenzo (dec) and Cornelius A. De Lorenzo. She graduated from Seaholm High School in Birmingham, Michigan in 1984. Ms. Casanova received her B.A. in Communications from Michigan State University in 1988 and was an active member in the Phi Mu Sorority. She began her professional career in advertising in New York City, working two years for Levine, Huntley, Vick and Beaver. Her next job, working briefly for the Estee Lauder companies, changed her career track. In 1991, Ms. Casanova became a make-up artist, training at one time under the well-known Pablo Manzoni. Following Estee Lauder, she joined the Beauty at Your Service team as a make-up artist and personal shopper for Bloomingdales’ flagship store in New York, working there for a total of ten years. During this time, she became an elected shop steward for the union employees. In 2004 Ms. Casanova moved with her baby daughter to Sarasota, Florida and continued her work with various cosmetic lines, continuing as a make-up artist, working for Saks Fifth Avenue in Sarasota for six years, after which time she joined the Met Fashion House, Day Spa & Salon on St. Armand’s Circle in Sarasota. She began by setting up their Trish McEvoy cosmetics counter and working as their resident make-up artist as well as promoting store events. In November 2020, Ms. Casanova joined Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay as their Programming & Events Coordinator. She called it the “best job ever.” In addition to her work in Sarasota, Ms. Casanova was an active fund raiser and committee member of SPARCC (Safe Place & Rape Crisis Center) in Sarasota.

Anne Casanova is survived by her daughter Miranda R. Casanova, her father, Cornelius De Lorenzo, her sisters Susan De Lorenzo and Carol D. Danisi, her nieces Alexis R. Danisi and Catherine G. Hogreve and her nephew John F. Shanahan. She is pre-deceased by her mother Charlsey M. De Lorenzo (Aug. 2021).