Bianca Mion-Bet

February 3, 1937 - October 12, 2021

Bianca Mion-Bet, February 3, 1937 – October 12, 2021 Bianca Mion-Bet passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 12, 2021 in Miami, Florida. Bianca was born on February 3rd, 1937 in Zara, Dalmatia (Italy) to Anna Matulich ‡ and Armando Romagnuolo ‡. She was the sixth of seven siblings named Nino, Peppino, Maria, Enza, Lucia and Graziella. World War II forced Bianca’s family to move to a temporary refugee camp located in the grounds of the Royal Palace of Capodimonte in Naples, Italy. While there, young Bianca grew surrounded by great natural beauties, where many artisans and sculptors created their masterpieces. Due to her inclinations, Bianca studied at the Liceo Artistico di Napoli (School for the Arts); later adapting the basic skills she acquired to create a successful business in designing custom-made table and bed linens. In 1954, she joined her older sisters that had opened a restaurant in Caracas, Venezuela. Coincidentally, all of the sisters found their Italian husbands at this restaurant. A year later, at 18 years old, Bianca married Luigino with whom she had 3 children, Stefano, Daniela and Fabio. The family joined Altamira Tennis Club where she and her children became avid tennis players. Bianca was very active in her children tennis activity, where she would travel to all the tennis tournaments in various countries to cheer them on. In 1983, Bianca and Luigino decided to move to Los Angeles, California to join their children that were studying there. It is here where she further expended her creative passion and established her business. She used her savvy skills to connect with famous movie and music celebrities. In order to gain their trust and confidence, she offered her ironing tablecloth services and later converted them into loyal clients of her beautiful and luxurious hand-embroidered, custom-made table linens. Her clients included many well-known celebrities and wealthy people from the US, Mexico, and Venezuela. Bianca also enjoyed spending the summers traveling to Italy with her children to visit her family there, and this would also allow her to keep up to date on the design trends that she later applied to her business. She would send her Italian fabrics to convents in Venezuela where they would embroider them and ship them back to Los Angeles. Then Bianca would custom fit it to the specifications her clients required. She created her own niche market of hand-embroidered custom-made table linens, outperforming the most famous Italian brands then, Pratesi and Frette. The nuns of the convent loved to work with her as they were very proud of their work and the challenges that Bianca would pose of them. She had a keen eye for color, (specially in choosing the perfect blend of fabric and thread) helping her create unique masterpieces – a skill inherited by her daughter Daniela. After establishing a successful business in Los Angeles her family then relocated to Miami, FL where she continued to grow her business with the affluent locals. Even during Bianca’s last few years, she would continue to make bed linens for her grandchildren. She would randomly call them, ask them which colors they preferred and later surprised them with beautiful sets to use for their homes. Cherishing her beautiful memories are her children Stefano, Daniela and Fabio, her grandchildren Daniele, Ander, Naia, Isabella, Antonella, her great grandchild Siena Nicole, her daughters in-law Alai and Andreina, as well as her nieces and nephews, Corrado, Armando, Martina, Mauro, Sandra, Simonetta, Alessandro, Manuela, Francesca. Amongst Bianca’s best virtues is that she was always “on the side of the weakest or the fragile person” which followed with her urgent desire to help them. In fact, most of our kid’s childhood friends also called her Nonna, as she would always take care of them as well. She was also ready anytime to step in and make a difference. Her son Stefano clearly recalls when he was studying medicine for long hours with his dear friends in his house in Caracas until 4am and she would get up and make a nice pasta dish for the study group. Bianca always made sure to teach her grandkids to have Italian pride, one of the best ways possible, through food. We will always remember the incredible flavors from la Nonna’s one-of-a-kind recipes: tortellini in brodo, lasagna, and Carciofi alla Romana, risotto funghi porcini, scaloppine al vino and her favorite spaghetti ai frutti di mare, and who could forget her apple strudel. And Yes, She Loved a good fresh Panettone. Bianca will be greatly missed by all she touched and those who loved her. We will continue to cherish her motherly love, jovial way, her concern about family and loyalty to her friends. Catholic Mass will be held at 11am on Tuesday Oct 19th, 2021 at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church 9200 SW 107th Ave., Miami, FL 33176. Followed by the burial at Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery at 11411 NW 25th Street, Doral, FL 33172.