Person

Rietsema, Jacob

1922–2021

Jacob Rietsema 1922-2021 Jacob (Jaap) Rietsema, of Hartford CT, Falmouth MA and Phoenix AZ, passed peacefully from this life to his next adventure, on April 1, 2021. He was born in Hoorn, Netherlands on December 11, 1922 ... emigrated to the United States in 1950 ... His passion for plants led him to become co-owner of Peter Cascio Garden Center in West Hartford, CT., now Moscarilllos, where he developed a lovely, vibrant garden store with many clients in the Hartford Area who looked to him for his expertise in landscaping and information on the behavior of the plants they wanted to cultivate. On retirement he moved to New Hampshire ...