Mary Ann (Cimalore) Panciera, 89, of Hubbard Street, Westerly, passed away at The Westerly Hospital on Sunday, December 10, 2017. She was the wife of the late Aldo Panciera.
Born in Westerly, she was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Virginia Cimalore.
Mary loved to cook and knit and enjoyed spending time with family especially around all of the holidays.
She will be dearly missed by her five children, William Jenkins and wife Caroline of Ontario, Canada, Barbara Bliven and husband Bill, Jean Brunelle and husband Jerry and Patricia Sisson, all of Westerly and Carla Panciera and husband Dennis Donoghue of Rowley, MA; as well as three siblings, Louis Cimalore of Hope Valley, Charles Cimalore of Pawcatuck and Virginia Sheldon of Westerly. Mary also leaves eleven grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother Joseph “Duke” Cimalore and sister Rita Shea.
Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 4-7pm at Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly. Relatives and friends are also invited to a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at St. Clare Church, 62 Crandall Ave., Westerly on Friday at 10am. There is no procession from the funeral home to church. Burial will follow at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to either Hope Hospice or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital in Mary’s memory. For online condolences please visit www.gaffneydolanfuneralhome.com
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