Theresa M. Cantalupo

Watertown - Mrs. Theresa M. (White) Cantalupo, of Watertown, died Sunday, October 30, 2011 in her home. She was 77.

Theresa was born in Brighton on February 25, 1934, a daughter of the late Patrick and Ellen (Lewis) White. She was a lifelong Watertown resident and a graduate of Saint Patrick's High School. She was a member of the Ladies Sodality at Saint Jude Church and Saint Charles Borromeo Church both in Waltham and at Sacred Heart Church in Watertown.

Until her retirement Theresa worked as a bookkeeper at Massachusetts Bay Community College in Wellesley.

She was the wife of the late Ronald Cantalupo and the sister of the late John J. White, Patrick D. White and Joseph A. White.

Theresa is survived by her children, Mary Ellen Fox and her husband, William, of Pocasset, Joanne M. Reinikainen and her husband, John, of Plymouth, Donna M. Cantalupo of Watertown and Ronald J. Cantalupo and his wife, Debra, of Billerica; her grandchildren, Billy Fox, Ashley Reinikainen, Danny Fox, Ryan Cantalupo, and Troy Cantalupo; her sister, Patricia Stinson of Framingham many nieces and nephews.

Family and friends will honor and remember Theresa's life by gathering for calling hours in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Wednesday, November 2nd, from 4 to 8 p.m. and again at 10 a.m. on Thursday morning before leaving in procession to Saint Jude Church, 147 Main Street, Waltham, where her Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham.

Memorial donations may be made to the Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Foundation, 8330 Ward Parkway, Suite 510, Kansas City, MO 64114.