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Providenca Nancy DelloRusso , 84, of Millis where she has been a resident since 1994, died Saturday evening, May 20th, 2005 at the MetroWest Medical Center in Natick.
Born October 28, 1921 in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Natalina (Tusa) Ferrara. She was educated in the East Boston High School graduating with the class of 1938.
A deeply religious woman, and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she anxiously awaited visits from her children and grandchildren enjoying their company to the fullest.
Mrs. DelloRusso leaves her husband of 54 years, Geno I. DelloRusso, 3 children, Maria D. Neville and her husband James of Millis, Francis B. DelloRusso and his wife Catherine of Stoneham and Nona D. Dalrymple of Medfield, 4 grandchildren, Patrick Neville, Regina and Emily DelloRusso, and Mattea Dalrymple, as well as her Godchild Kathy Toomey of Franklin.
Relatives and friends may gather Wednesday, May 24th at 9:00 am at the Roberts-Mitchell Funeral Home, 90 Curve Street, Millis for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 am at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 82 Exchange Street, Millis. Burial will follow in the family lot at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Boston.
Funeral home visiting hours will be Tuesday from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
Those wishing may make a memorial contribution to the charity of your own choice.
or as i called her, mimi.
i was at sarah's and missed two calls from my mom on wednesday. mimi had a massive heart attack two days prior but had not noticed it due to her other problems; osteoperosis and fibro mialga. bim (her husband) has stayed up tuesday night giving mimi her inhaler every hour on the hour trying to help the pain. Nina (my aunt) went over to do laundry and such for them, and saw the condition mimi was in and called 911. She told them to just come to the window and she'd toss mimi out the slider becuase she was just a bag of bones. i rushed home thursday morning and saw mimi in the hospital that night for a few hours. a priest came, whom she swore at in sicilian, but gave her the last rites and made her happy. we left shortly thereafter. my mother and i went in from 11-1 and fed her some pudding and seafood salad, and she had pulled her catheder out that night so the catheder bag was full of blood (due to thin skin and heprin to thin her blood). She ate which was odd for her and just looked much worse than the day before, my mother and i said she didnt have long at lunch and she asked if she was being a good daughter.
i worked 6-9.30 that night and got at call at 9.29 from my dad which i missed becuase i was still working and as i went to call home, my mom called telling me toget to the hospital as they were going there right then as mimi had another massive heart attack.
i got there in a hour going about 80 in 65s and 70 in 50s. my uncle was there and my mom and dad. we were watching the monitors on her waiting for her to die, and taking bets on her blood pressure. we stayed til one in the morning, when she stabilized.
got home, and went to bed and got back at the hospital at 7.30, frank cathy gina and emily came around 8.30 and we just hung out til 2ish when they moved mimi to another part of the hospital. than it was just my mom my dad and i and mimi. i talked to sarah a bit on the phone which was nice and so was the week prior to all this with her. mimi's brother came and that was sad. he cried and saw the last of his family passing away. His father was very abusive and when they were younger mimi (who was older) would offer her hand to my uncle and it was the kindest touch he had at that age. Their mother died at 54, and this is when mimi thought she'd die too, but she lasted another 40 years.
then my dad and i ventured on home to shower (as i hadn't from being at the hospital so much) and to take care of our dogs. my mom had time alone with her mom. we got back and mimi already looked dead and not like herself.
we waited a while and at 8.15 her breathing finally got very erratic, and stopped. we watched her last breath and said our goodbyes.
then went to my 92 year old grandfather's apartment to tell him the news. he was in bed and stayed there and wailed a bit. it was more than sad, much much more.he never went to visit her in the hospital and said 'i'll never be able to kiss her again.' my mom keeps saying ' i don't have a mom.' this is what brings me to tears.
and my dog died in december, with basically the same heart problems, so it was hard on my parents seeing 2 people in the family go so close in such the same way.
mimi lived in town with me and we were very close. i miss her and love her.
i was her favourite, bar none, ask anyone. she only liked boys and i was her only grandson.
she knew she was going towards the end, and she was still lucid up until 3pm yesterday.
i just don't know. bim won't last long without her, she was his live and vice versa. i went to see him today and we watched andy griffith. i got him glasses and they worked for him. he gave me a ring with an elephant on it, from his uncle who was scared of werewolves.
sarah's coming up tomorrow for the wake and funeral and just to be the good person she is. hanging out was a great time, and got me addicted to the show lost which i'm currently watching.
Born October 28, 1921 in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Natalina (Tusa) Ferrara. She was educated in the East Boston High School graduating with the class of 1938.
A deeply religious woman, and devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she anxiously awaited visits from her children and grandchildren enjoying their company to the fullest.
Mrs. DelloRusso leaves her husband of 54 years, Geno I. DelloRusso, 3 children, Maria D. Neville and her husband James of Millis, Francis B. DelloRusso and his wife Catherine of Stoneham and Nona D. Dalrymple of Medfield, 4 grandchildren, Patrick Neville, Regina and Emily DelloRusso, and Mattea Dalrymple, as well as her Godchild Kathy Toomey of Franklin.
Relatives and friends may gather Wednesday, May 24th at 9:00 am at the Roberts-Mitchell Funeral Home, 90 Curve Street, Millis for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 am at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 82 Exchange Street, Millis. Burial will follow in the family lot at St. Michael’s Cemetery, Boston.
Funeral home visiting hours will be Tuesday from 2:00 to 4:00 pm.
Those wishing may make a memorial contribution to the charity of your own choice.
or as i called her, mimi.
i was at sarah's and missed two calls from my mom on wednesday. mimi had a massive heart attack two days prior but had not noticed it due to her other problems; osteoperosis and fibro mialga. bim (her husband) has stayed up tuesday night giving mimi her inhaler every hour on the hour trying to help the pain. Nina (my aunt) went over to do laundry and such for them, and saw the condition mimi was in and called 911. She told them to just come to the window and she'd toss mimi out the slider becuase she was just a bag of bones. i rushed home thursday morning and saw mimi in the hospital that night for a few hours. a priest came, whom she swore at in sicilian, but gave her the last rites and made her happy. we left shortly thereafter. my mother and i went in from 11-1 and fed her some pudding and seafood salad, and she had pulled her catheder out that night so the catheder bag was full of blood (due to thin skin and heprin to thin her blood). She ate which was odd for her and just looked much worse than the day before, my mother and i said she didnt have long at lunch and she asked if she was being a good daughter.
i worked 6-9.30 that night and got at call at 9.29 from my dad which i missed becuase i was still working and as i went to call home, my mom called telling me toget to the hospital as they were going there right then as mimi had another massive heart attack.
i got there in a hour going about 80 in 65s and 70 in 50s. my uncle was there and my mom and dad. we were watching the monitors on her waiting for her to die, and taking bets on her blood pressure. we stayed til one in the morning, when she stabilized.
got home, and went to bed and got back at the hospital at 7.30, frank cathy gina and emily came around 8.30 and we just hung out til 2ish when they moved mimi to another part of the hospital. than it was just my mom my dad and i and mimi. i talked to sarah a bit on the phone which was nice and so was the week prior to all this with her. mimi's brother came and that was sad. he cried and saw the last of his family passing away. His father was very abusive and when they were younger mimi (who was older) would offer her hand to my uncle and it was the kindest touch he had at that age. Their mother died at 54, and this is when mimi thought she'd die too, but she lasted another 40 years.
then my dad and i ventured on home to shower (as i hadn't from being at the hospital so much) and to take care of our dogs. my mom had time alone with her mom. we got back and mimi already looked dead and not like herself.
we waited a while and at 8.15 her breathing finally got very erratic, and stopped. we watched her last breath and said our goodbyes.
then went to my 92 year old grandfather's apartment to tell him the news. he was in bed and stayed there and wailed a bit. it was more than sad, much much more.he never went to visit her in the hospital and said 'i'll never be able to kiss her again.' my mom keeps saying ' i don't have a mom.' this is what brings me to tears.
and my dog died in december, with basically the same heart problems, so it was hard on my parents seeing 2 people in the family go so close in such the same way.
mimi lived in town with me and we were very close. i miss her and love her.
i was her favourite, bar none, ask anyone. she only liked boys and i was her only grandson.
she knew she was going towards the end, and she was still lucid up until 3pm yesterday.
i just don't know. bim won't last long without her, she was his live and vice versa. i went to see him today and we watched andy griffith. i got him glasses and they worked for him. he gave me a ring with an elephant on it, from his uncle who was scared of werewolves.
sarah's coming up tomorrow for the wake and funeral and just to be the good person she is. hanging out was a great time, and got me addicted to the show lost which i'm currently watching.