Charlotte L. Contardo, 86, Medford
Charlotte Contardo was a feisty member of the Greatest Generation. She joined the Navy as a young woman and served in the WAVES from April of 1944 to August of 1946. Charlotte, nicknamed Barney by her fellow servicewomen, achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer and earned the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal during her years of service.
After she was honorably discharged from her service in the Navy, Charlotte attended business school and earned a certificate for secretarial work. A Somerville native, Charlotte moved to Medford when she married Domenic Contardo. Domenic was also in the Navy but the pair did not meet until after the war at the famed Memory Lane restaurant. Charlotte and Domenic’s Medford home has been in the Contardo family since Domenic’s parents came over from Italy and all of Charlotte’s children and grandchildren have lived in the home at some point during the course of her long life.
Charlotte is survived by daughter Arlene Goldsberry and her husband Frederick, son Joseph Contardo and his wife Susan, son Daniel Contardo and his wife Deborah, and grandchildren Allison and Melissa Goldsberry; Alexander, Laura, Rita, Jason, and Amanda Contardo; Jessica, Anthony, and Kaitlyn Contardo, and Jennifer, Brenton, and Cassandra Calhau.
Funeral from the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main Street, MEDFORD. Visiting hours Monday 4PM-8PM at the funeral home. Funeral mass celebrated at the Immaculate Conception Church, 10 Fellsway East, MALDEN, at 9AM Tuesday followed by burial at the Oak Grove Cemetery in MEDFORD. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend.