Elena Scola

Elena Fiorentina Scola Elena Fiorentina Scola (a.k.a. Elena Scola-Stassi) passed away in San Francisco on Monday, March 14, 2011. Dearly beloved wife for thirty-five years of Dr. Anthony V. Stassi, M.D. (now deceased); beloved mother of Lisa Scola Prosek (Tommaso Prosek) of Cazadero and Laurie Scola of San Francisco; adored grandmother of Eduard Prosek and Elena Downs. Elena Scola began studying art at the age of twelve when she enrolled in evening classes at Camden Academy of Fine Arts in New Jersey. She continued her studies at the Philadelphia School of Art. She did her undergraduate work at the Fleisher Art Memorial, Temple University and also studied at the Columbia Institute of New York City. Ms. Scola won many awards for her painting and sculpture works, and she was asked to join the acclaimed Da Vinci Art Alliance in Philadelphia as the youngest member ever admitted. Combining her enormous artistic talents with her expert knowledge of anatomy, she entered the field of ocular prosthetics. She excelled in this profession, and in 1961, she was honored as the leading woman ocular prosthetics specialist in the country. She returned to studying when she moved to Rome, Italy and attended the Accademia di Belle Arti, where she earned a Masters in Fine Art. Upon her return to the United States, she continued to be actively engaged in the arts, showing her paintings, sculptures, etchings and lithographs in New York and New Jersey, working at the Pratt Institute in New York, serving as an officer in the New Jersey and New York Painter's and Sculptor's Society, and teaching art classes. Elena Scola lived her twilight years on her beautiful ranch in Jenner, California, where she devoted her time to her family, her extensive gardens, her recipes, books and ideas. Elena Scola's kindness, enthusiasm, and her zest for life touched many people's lives, and she will be remembered by many as a warm, generous, bright, engaging, and powerful woman. She will be greatly missed. May she rest in peace. Friends are invited to a Memorial Service on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at six o?clock p.m. at University Mound Ladies Home, 350 University Street, San Francisco, CA 94134, 415-239-6696. Contributions may be made in memory of Elena Fiorentina Scola to the University Mound Ladies Home, Attention: John Secondo, 350 University Street, San Francisco, CA 94134, 415-239-6696.

Elena Scola

April 22, 1930 - March 14, 2011