Madeline Rose (Camandona) Baccelli died peacefully at home on Monday, June 20, 2011. Lenny, as her family and friends affectionately called her, was predeceased by her husband John D. Baccelli, her parents Margaret and Joseph Camandona and her son Robert J. Baccelli.
A graduate of New Bedford High School, Lenny devoted her entire adult life to her family. She was also a lifelong member of St. Francis of Assisi Church, a former volunteer at Market Ministries, and for many years a very active member of the YMCA of the Southcoast.
Lenny was a strong, smart and independent woman with a wonderful sense of humor who gave a great deal of her time and resources to others and asked for nothing in return. She loved to garden and never missed the weekly Tuesday afternoon card games she shared with longtime, close friends. Most of all, Lenny deeply loved and was very proud of her three grandchildren, for whom she was the best grandmother a child could ever imagine.
She will be very much missed by her many friends and especially by her family: her grandchildren Robert Baccelli of Fairhaven, Christopher Baccelli of New Bedford and Lindsey Baccelli of Warren, RI; her son Steven Baccelli of Martha’s Vineyard; her brother, Charles Camandona of New Bedford; and Bev Baccelli and Liz DiCarlo of Mattapoisett.
Per Lenny’s wishes, there will be a graveside service celebrating her life at St. Mary’s Cemetery, New Bedford at 10 AM on Saturday June 25, 2011, to which all of her family and friends are invited. For online condolence book, please visit www.saundersdwyer.com.