Mrs. Lucy J. Donato, 93 of Somerville died at the Cambridge Rehabilitation and Nursing Center on Sunday following a brief illness. She is the wife of the late Salvatore J. Donato. Born in Boston, daughter of the late Sebastiano and Virginia (Pinta) DeModica, she attended the Boston Public Schools. She has been a Somerville resident for over 60 years.
She is a member of the D.A.V. Women’s Auxillary of Somerville, she was a member of the Somerville Senior Citizens and also worked as a volunteer at the Somerville Lunch Program. She leaves a son Salvatore J. Donato Jr. of Somerville, 2 daughters, Angela Sargent and her husband Ken of Dennis, Virginia Walsh of N. Reading and her husband Eugene. Loving grandmother of several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Dear sister of the late Joseph, Margaret, Anna, Salvatore and Sebatiano DeModica, Carmelia Graffeo, Mary Cordima and Josephine Russo. Funeral from the Dello Russo Family Funeral Home 306 Main Street Medford on Thursday at 9:00 am followed by a funeral mass celebrated in St. Ann Church 339 Medford Street Somerville at 10:00 am. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Wednesday 4-8 pm. Those who prefer may make donations in Lucy’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 1 Bridge Street, Suite 102, Newton MA. 02458. Services will conclude with burial in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.