GLOUCESTER: Ethel M. (Carroll) Ragusa, 80, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 1, 2007. She was the wife of the late Charles B. Ragusa who died in October of 1971.
Born in Gloucester on November 11, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Daniel F. and Margaret (Corcoran) Carroll. She was a lifelong resident of Gloucester.
She is survived by five daughters and four sons-in-law, Frances and John Carollo, Angela and Frank Fulford and Joanne Ragusa all of Gloucester, Marianne and Robert Paradis, Jr. of Rockport and Patricia and Joseph Mastrorio of Peabody, two sons and a daughter-in-law, Frank Ragusa of Gloucester and Stephen and Maria (Parco) Ragusa of Rockport, three sisters and a brother-in-law, June St. Jacques of Rowley, Irene and Bob Geary and Dorothy Souza all of Gloucester, fourteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by a daughter, Rosemarie M. Parsons, two sons, Joseph and William Ragusa and a sister, Mary Arruda.
Her funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday in the Holy Family Parish, St. Ann Church at 11 a.m. Visitation will be held prior to the service in the Pike-Grondin Funeral Home, 61 Middle Street, Gloucester from 9 - 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are cordially invited to attend. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the Cape Ann Animal Aid, 260 Main St., Gloucester, MA 01930. Interment will be held in the Calvary Cemetery, Gloucester.