Teresa (Adamo) Danty, 97, passed away on Thursday, July 31, 2025 surrounded by her family at HopeHealth Hulitar Hospice Center in Providence. Also known as “Terry” to her friends and co-workers, “Non” to her grandchildren & Nonie to her great grandchildren.
She was the daughter of the late Domenico and Filomena (Ragosta) Adamo.
Teresa leaves her two brothers: Carmino Adamo & his wife, Anne, of Providence, RI & Raymond Adamo of Foster, RI. She was a devoted sister of her late siblings: Mary Carlino, Elizabeth Signore, Emilio, Domenic and Pat Adamo.
She was the loving mother of Cheryl Rotellini and her husband, Tommy of Hammonton, NJ, Donna Danty of North Providence, RI and Lori Danty-Desautel & her husband, Daniel of Chepachet, RI.
Nonie is survived by her loving grandchildren: Andrea Lagasse and her husband, Joe of Granby, MA, Danielle Burgan and husband, Paul of Mays Landing, NJ, Daniel T. Desautel and his wife, Cora Freelove-Desautel of Chepachet, RI, Alex Villanueva and his wife Sarah of Plainfield, VT and Michael Villanueva of Woburn, MA , her Great Grandchildren: Alden, Emmet and Ian Lagasse of Granby, MA and Chloe Burgan of May’s Landing, NJ.
She also leaves a niece, Lori Adamo, of Foster, RI a nephew, Ralph Carlino and wife, Lynn of Warwick, RI, and Donald Lewis and his wife, Mary of Linwood, NJ and Michael Lewis and his wife, Cindy of Tuckerhoe, NJ.
I would like to give a special Thanks to her caregivers Kerry, Nina and Joy who became part of our extended family for the wonderful care our mother received over the past three years. We have been blessed to have them come into our lives.
Teresa grew up in Providence but spent most of her life in Harmony, RI on Waterman’s Lake with her late husband, Raymond T. “Skip” Danty raising her children & grandchildren.
For many years, Teresa was a cook for the State of RI at the Foster/Glocester School District, Ponaganset, where her children and grandchildren attended school. She enjoyed playing Bingo and belonged to the Glocester Senior Center.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, August 4, 2025, at 10:00 AM at St. Phllip Church, 622 Putnam Pike, Greenville RI. Visitation will be 8:30 – 9:30 am in Anderson-Winfield Funeral Home, Rt 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville, RI. Burial will follow at RI Veterans Cemetery where she will be laid to rest with her late husband Raymond T. “Skip” Danty.
Respectively omit flowers. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Teresa’s memory to: St. Jude’s Children Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 or Make-A-Wish Foundation of RI, 20 Hemingway Drive, Riverside, RI 02915
St. Jude’s Hospital for Children
Make-A-Wish Foundation