1924
Eleanor
2013
Eleanor M. Monaco
August 31, 1924 — January 25, 2013
FUNERAL MASS POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER UNTIL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 AT 11 A.M.
Wilmington – Eleanor M. Monaco, a longtime resident of Riverside, Connecticut, died Friday, January 25, 2013 at Woodbriar Nursing Home in Wilmington. She was 88.
Eleanor was a daughter of the late Antonio and Angeline (Civitarese) Monaco. She was born in Cambridge where she attended grammar school before her family moved to the Roslindale section of Boston where she graduated from high school. Eleanor earned a Master of Arts degree at Salve Regina College in Fitchburg and a Master's Degree in Philosophy from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. She was a member of the Sisters of Presentation for forty-three years. She also served as a Pastoral Minister at St. Catherine's Parish in Riverside for ten years and as Director of Food Services at Hill House in Riverside for ten years. After that she took up residence in Bowerbank, Maine.
She was predeceased by her sister, Carmella Crognale, her brothers, Tom and Frank Monaco and her nephew, Jack Crognale.
Eleanor leaves her nephew, John Monaco; her nieces, Dolly Sbardella and Eleanor McCabe; several grand nieces and nephews and her devoted friends, Barbara Comstock and Jim and Dot Gustafson.
Family and friends will honor and remember Eleanor's life by gathering in Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, 880 Trapelo Road, Waltham on Saturday, February 16th, where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. A private committal service will be held at a later date in Bowerbank.
Memorial donations may be made to Hill House, 8 Riverside Avenue, Riverside, CT 06878.
Wilmington – Eleanor M. Monaco, a longtime resident of Riverside, Connecticut, died Friday, January 25, 2013 at Woodbriar Nursing Home in Wilmington. She was 88.
Eleanor was a daughter of the late Antonio and Angeline (Civitarese) Monaco. She was born in Cambridge where she attended grammar school before her family moved to the Roslindale section of Boston where she graduated from high school. Eleanor earned a Master of Arts degree at Salve Regina College in Fitchburg and a Master's Degree in Philosophy from Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. She was a member of the Sisters of Presentation for forty-three years. She also served as a Pastoral Minister at St. Catherine's Parish in Riverside for ten years and as Director of Food Services at Hill House in Riverside for ten years. After that she took up residence in Bowerbank, Maine.
She was predeceased by her sister, Carmella Crognale, her brothers, Tom and Frank Monaco and her nephew, Jack Crognale.
Eleanor leaves her nephew, John Monaco; her nieces, Dolly Sbardella and Eleanor McCabe; several grand nieces and nephews and her devoted friends, Barbara Comstock and Jim and Dot Gustafson.
Family and friends will honor and remember Eleanor's life by gathering in Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted Church, 880 Trapelo Road, Waltham on Saturday, February 16th, where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. A private committal service will be held at a later date in Bowerbank.
Memorial donations may be made to Hill House, 8 Riverside Avenue, Riverside, CT 06878.
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Funeral Mass
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Starts at 11:00 am (Eastern time)
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