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Anna Rose Trovato
June 09, 2021

Obituary

Anna R. (Gianino) Trovato passed away peacefully in the care of her loving family on Wednesday morning. She was 84. Born and raised in the West End, she was the daughter of the late Salvatore and Anna (Spinale) Gianino. Anna grew up on Hale Street in the West End and graduated from the Blackstone School. She worked for many years at Marion’s dress as a seamstress and was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Association. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend to many, Anna was devoted to her family. She also loved to dance and frequently went out ballroom dancing. She often joked that she wanted to come back as a Ziegfeld Girl or a Rockette, in her next life. A talented seamstress, she always kept up with the latest in fashion design. Anna had a warm and welcoming personality with a generous spirit. In her spare time she crafted paper butterflies from colorful paper and gave them to family and friends.

Anna was the beloved wife of the late Thomas A. Trovato and the late Salvatore Pizzuro. She was a devoted and loving mother to Catherine A. DePriest and her husband John of Medford, Diane Trovato of Stoneham, and Thomas A. Trovato, Jr. of Medford and his late wife Barbara Jean Elizabeth Collins. She was a loving and proud grandmother to Raleigh, Rhianna and Thomas III. The dear sister of Gloria Serrano, Charles Gianino and the late Josephine Giliberto, she also leaves many dear nieces and nephews.

Anna’s funeral will be from the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford, Monday, June 14 at 9 AM followed by a funeral mass celebrated in St. Clement Church, 71 Warner Street, Medford, at 10 AM. Services will conclude with interment at Saint Michael’s Cemetery in Roslindale. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend and may visit at the funeral home on Sunday, 1-4 PM.

In lieu of flowers, please honor Anna’s name by making a memorial contribution to the American Cancer Society, 3 Speen St., Suite 250, Framingham, MA 01701.

Anna’s family is grateful for the support of their extended family and friends as they cared for their mother. They are also grateful for the wonderful care given to their mother by hospice nurse Theresa Ellis.

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Dello Russo Funeral Service
306 Main Street
Medford, MA 02155
781-396-9200