Carmela A. (Cugini) Grossi of Newburyport died on Sunday, February 3. Born in Newton, she was the daughter of the late Carlo and Antoinette (Mazzola) Cugini. Carmela loved spending time with her large family and cooking for everyone. She also enjoyed Thoroughbred horse racing and playing bingo with her friends.
Carmela was the beloved wife of the late Manfredo Grossi, and the devoted mother of Mario Grossi of Everett, Marlene Hilz and her husband Walter of Northport, Florida, Donna Grossi and her late partner Glen Holzhouse of Velrico, Florida, John Grossi and his wife Jo-Ann of Amesbury, Joseph Grossi and his fiancée Mary of Middleton, the recently deceased Romeo Grossi and his late wife Carol, and the late Janice Spellman and her surviving husband Tom of Winthrop. Carmela was the loving grandmother of 13, loving great grandmother of 12, and loving great great grandmother of 3. She was the dear sister of Antoinette Whiting of Newton, and the late Albert, John, Lawrence, Louis and Joe Cugini, Pauline Grossi and Lucille Cerri.
Funeral from the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford on Friday, February 8 at 9 AM followed by a funeral mass celebrated in St. Joseph Church, 118 High St., Medford, at 10 AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Thursday, February 7 from 4 through 8 PM. Funeral services will coincide with those of Carmela's son Romeo F. Grossi, and will conclude with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.