Frances Reale
...worked at Transitron and Eagle Can; 91
TEWKSBURY - Mrs. Frances (Palladino) Reale, age 91, died Tuesday evening, October 13, at the Merrimack Valley Hospice House in Haverhill, surrounded by her family, after a long period of declining health. She was the beloved wife of Cosmo C. Reale who died in 1985.
She was born and raised in the Orient Heights section of East Boston, and lived in Somerville, before moving to Tewksbury in 1956.
She was a communicant of St. William's Church in Tewksbury.
Prior to her retirement, she worked at Transitron in Wakefield, and later at the Eagle Can Company in Wilmington and Peabody.
She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Lobsien, Susan J. Reale, and Paula Scott and her husband Howard Scott all of Tewksbury; a son, Edward Reale and his wife Patricia (O'Connor) Reale also of Tewksbury; seven grandchildren, Charles Lobsien, Kim Donovan, Kris McInnis, Cindy Lobsien, Kelly Wild, Jennifer Ziniti, and Derek Lobsien; ten great grandchildren; three brothers, Edward Palladino, Anthony Palladino, and Nunzio Palladino all of Orient Heights.
She was also grandmother of the late William Lobsien, mother-in-law of the late Dale Lobsien; and sister of the late Dominic, Joseph, Frank and Rocco Palladino.
Her Funeral Mass was held Monday, Oct. 19, in St. William's Church, Tewksbury. Burial followed in the Tewksbury Cemetery. Memorials to Merrimack Valley Hospice, 360 Merrimack St., Bldg. 9, Lawrence, MA 01843, will be appreciated.