"Zia Neva" never married.  She looked after her nieces Maria Ginevra, Marcella and Cipriana, then the Children of Maria Ginevra, in Genova and Cipriana in Pisa.  She lived on a small government pension, and mostly stayed at home babysitting.  She knew a lot of children stories.  In her old age suffered from bad circulation, had a heart pacer, lost most of her sight and died peacefully in Pisa, with Cipriana looking after her.