Sanbornton, NH-----M. Lou (Kimmens) Cataldo, age 84, passed away on December 9, 2011 at Wilmington Health Care Center after a brief illness.
She was born in Hudson MA and graduated from Hudson High School. She was the widow of the late Edward F. Cataldo who died in 1990.
A longtime resident of Lexington MA and Sanbornton NH, she moved to Billerica MA in 2008 .Mrs. Cataldo was a registered nurse, having graduated from Waltham Hospital School of nursing, Waltham MA.
She was Director of Nursing at Pine Knoll Nursing home in Lexington MA, the facility she and her husband built in 1965. In past years she was a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club and has been an active member of the Extension Homemakers and now the Circle of Home and Family. She has been an overseer of Old Sturbridge Village for many years
She is survived by her children Linda L. McNulty and husband Michael of Tucson AZ, Eileen Bitzer of Coral Springs FL, John Cataldo and wife Diane of Sanbornton NH and Paul Cataldo and husband Bruce Neefe of Billerica MA, 5 grandchildren and one great grandchild. She is also survived by her brother H. Raymond Kimmens of Parrish FL.
Visiting hours will be held Sunday, December 11, 2011 at the Sweeney Memorial Funeral Home, 66 Concord Rd., Billerica, MA from 4 – 7 p.m., visiting hours will also be held Monday, December 12, 2011 at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant St., Laconia, NH from 4-7 p.m. using the Carriage House entrance. A Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at St. Joseph Parish, 96 Main St., Belmont, NH at 12 noon.
Burial will follow in Union Cemetery, Sanbornton, NH.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Rd. Sturbridge, MA 01566 or to Wilmington Health Care Center, 750 Woburn St., Wilmington, MA 01887.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, N.H. is assisting the family with the arrangements in New Hampshire. For more information and to view an online memorial go to www.wilkinsonbeane.com.