Carmela P. Donadio, passed away on Wednesday, April 7, at the Woodbriar Nursing Home of Wilmington following a lengthy illness. The wife of Chester D. “Don Chester” Donadio. She was eighty years of age.
Born and raised in Somerville, she was the daughter of the late Carmela (Fucillo) and Joseph Cataldo. Carmela was a loving wife and mother, she was devoted to her family and church, she enjoyed cooking, knitting and crocheting, her favorite time was the Easter season when she made her pizzagaina for family and friends. Carmela worked for a number of years at J. C. Penny in Billerica and for the family business Don´s Mattress Company of Boston.
Preceeding her in death, in addition to her parents were her two brothers, Ausilio and George Cataldo.
Surviving along with her husband Chester are her two daughters, Angela Aloisi and her husband Robret Sr., Marie DiChiara and her husband Joseph all of Burlington, her son Gabriel Donadio and his fiance Valerie Heckbert of Virgina, a sister, Marie Marchi of Medford, her grandchildren Robert Aloisi Jr. and his wife Lisa, Kimberly Wheelock and her husband Bruce, Adam DiChiara, Jason DiChiara and his wife Catherine, Gabriel Donadio, Carrie Ann Drea and June Joyce and her husband Derek. Her great grandchildren, Cameron, Robert III, Ethan, Joey, Stephanie and Jordan.
Her funeral will be held from the McLaughlin - Dello Russo Funeral Home, 60 Pleasant St. Woburn, on Tuesday, April 13, at 9 a.m., followed by a funeral mass celebrated in St. Margaret Church, 109 Winn St. Burlington, at 10. Services will conclude with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.
Visiting Hours at the funeral home are on Monday, April 12, from 4 thru 8.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent in Carmela´s memory to the American Diabetes Association, 330 Congress St., 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02210