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Iolanda (Coviello) Pilla
January 22, 2023

Obituary

Iolanda (Coviello) Pilla passed away on January 22, 2023. She was 89 years old.

Born in Italy, Iolanda settled in Medford where she and her late husband Angelo raised their family. She was an avid gardener who loved cooking, walking with her friends, traveling and reminiscing about the old days. Iolanda’s greatest love though, was her family. She loved spending time with all of them, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed going back to Italy to see her family there when she could.

Iolanda was the wife of the late Angelo Pilla. She was the beloved mother of Jospeh Pilla and his wife Karla of NH, Maria Pilla Cote of NH, Doriana Pilla Aronson and her husband James of Tewksbury, Angela Spadafora and her husband John Jr. of Malden, Anna Pilla-Donovan and her husband James of Medford and Lisa Pilla of Medford. She was the dear sister of Pasquale and Antonio Coviello of Italy and the sister-in-law of Phyllis LaVerde and her 6 children and grandchildren. Iolanda was the cherished grandmother of Gina and Julia Pilla, Phillip Pilla and his wife Jessica, Ryan Cote, Victoria, James, Monica and Richard Aronson, Jessica Spadafora and John Spadafora III, Sarah Rose and Stephen Donovan and Gianna and Ava Freni, and great-grandmother of Aliana Calla Reihl, Nina Pilla and Alice Pilla.

The funeral will be held from the A. J. Spadafora Funeral Home, 865 Main Street, Malden on Friday, January 27th at 10:30am followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at the Immaculate Conception Church, 600 Pleasant Street, Malden at 11:30am. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday, January 26th from 4:00-8:00pm at the funeral home. Interment will be in Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Iolanda’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at https://www.alz.org/.

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Spadafora Funeral Home
865 Main Street
Malden, MA 02148
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