Passionate about sports, grandchildren
Published in the January 18, 2017 edition
LYNNFIELD — Geraldine K. (Ragucci) Romano, known as “Gerry” to her family and friends, currently of Lynnfield and formally of North Reading, Revere, Malden and Boston, died peacefully supported by her loving family on Jan. 14, 2017. She was 74 years old.
Born in Boston on Oct. 26, 1942, she was the loving daughter of the late Joseph and Josephine (Gianinno) Ragucci. Gerry was raised in the North End of Boston and attended school at St. Anthony’s and Julie Billart, and graduated from St. Mary’s in Cambridge. Gerry retained strong ties to the North End and never missed the St. Anthony’s and St. Lucy’s Feasts.
She was the devoted mother of Joline Pepper and her husband Eric of North Reading, and of Mark Romano of Mississippi and was the cherished grandmother of granddaughters Erica Pepper, 11, and Alexa Pepper, 9, of North Reading and Nicolas,18, of Mississippi.
Gerry was the dear sister of Theresa Sabbio and her husband Frank, Angie Marco and her husband John and Robert Ragucci and his wife Christina, all of Revere; John Ragucci and his wife Ann of Florida; and Carmine Ragucci and his late wife Maria of Maine. She was the friend of Leo R. Romano of Florida and is survived and loved by many cousins, nieces, nephews, and great-nieces and great-nephews.
Gerry raised her children in Malden and was very involved in her children’s lives. She was known as a phenomenal cook and always loved to feed her family, “getting a bite” and going out to dinner with family and friends. Gerry loved to go to the theater and loved to dance. She enjoyed going to the YMCA with her friends for her senior exercise class and loved going to Bingo with her sister and brother-in-law.
Gerry had two true passions: her grandchildren and sports. She was extremely involved with her grandchildren and loved being around them. She attended many of her granddaughters’ games and performances and was their biggest cheerleader.
Gerry loved the Red Sox and the Bruins and could tell you anything about those teams. However, she was the biggest Patriots fan around and whole-heartedly enjoyed every football Sunday. She will be fondly remembered for her love and devotion to her family and friends and will be greatly missed by all who knew her and loved her.
Her funeral will be held from the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. followed by a funeral Mass celebrated at St. Theresa Church, 63 Winter St. in North Reading at 11:30 a.m. Interment will be private.
Visiting hours will be held Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 4–8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations in Gerry’s memory may be made to St. Anthony’s Society, 203 Endicott St., Boston MA 02113-1506 or visit: www.stanthonysfeast.com/donate.html.
