ROSWELL, GA: Eileen L. (Palladini) Borghi, age 81, a former longtime Wellesley resident, died on Sunday, September 13, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia. She had made her home with her daughter Shirley’s family in Roswell, Georgia, for the past ten years.
Born in Newton, she was the daughter of the late Louis and Louise (Salvi) Palladini. Eileen was raised and educated in Wellesley, and was a graduate of Gamaliel Bradford High School.
Eileen and Ennio L. Borghi were married in 1956, and the pair created a loving home for their family in Wellesley. She was employed for several years as a Crossing Guard with the Wellesley Police Department, and later worked as a Registrar with the Institute of Certified Travel Agents. Eileen had been a receptionist with the Perini Corporation at the time of her retirement.
A lady of grace and faith, Eileen was devoted to Saint Patrick’s Parish in Natick, and, upon moving to Georgia, Saint Thomas Aquinas Parish in Roswell. She had served on the Saint Thomas Aquinas Senior Council, and also enjoyed membership and volunteering at the Roswell Senior Center.
Predeceased by Ennio after 40 years of marriage and their daughter, Cheryl E. Anderson in 2012, Eileen is survived by a son, Leonard B. Borghi of Northborough; two daughters, Shirley E. Borghi-Safstrom and her husband David of Roswell, GA, and Sheila Borghi Nash and her husband Alan of McLean, VA; three grandchildren, Grant A. Anderson, Spencer B. Nash, and Ava B. Nash; a brother, Louis P.P. Palladini, Jr, and his wife Mary Ellen of Wellesley; her sisters-in-law, Erminia Rabboini, Celestina Zani, Appolonia Casolari, and Rita “Ana” Borghi; and many nieces, nephews, cousins, and their families.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated in Saint Patrick’s Church, 44 East Central Street, Natick, on Friday, October 23rd at 10:00AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Burial will follow at Saint Patrick Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Emory Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Emory University Health Sciences Department, 1440 Clifton Road, Suite 170, Atlanta, GA 30322.