Published in the April 6, 2018 edition.
WAKEFIELD — Lillian C. Roberto, 91, a lifelong Wakefield resident, died Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at the Oosterman’s Rest Home in Wakefield.
Born in Wakefield on March 9, 1927 she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Antoinette (Cavalieri) Puleo.
Mrs. Roberto was raised and educated in Wakefield. She was a longtime devoted member of St. Florence Parish. Before raising her family, she was a seamstress and kept up the trade from her home. Mrs. Roberto and her late husband loved to dance, even taking it upon themselves to take ballroom dancing lessons. She was an avid Bingo player and she loved to bake and to cook; her family recalls her making delicious raviolis. Above all, she cherished her role as a mother and grandmother; she loved being able to help raise her grandchildren.
She was the beloved wife of the late Alfred J. Roberto. She was the loving mother of Carmine A. Roberto and his wife Linda of Montgomery, Ala., William P. Roberto and his wife Dianne of Jefferson, Alfred J. Roberto, Jr. and his wife Susan of Charleston, S.C., John G. Roberto and his wife Kerrie of Wakefield, Rose Marie Trombettas and her late husband John of Montgomery, Ala, Annette M. Lomas and her husband Harry of Reading, Geri A. Brown and her husband Dennie of Athens, Tenn., and Donna L. MacDonald and her husband Jack of Irvine, Calif. She was the sister of Phillip and Joseph Puleo, Frances Baron and the late Doris Moriana. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Her funeral will be held from the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., Wakefield on Wednesday at 9 a.m., followed by a funeral Mass in St. Florence Church, 47 Butler Ave., Wakefield at 10 a.m. Interment, Forest Glade Cemetery, Wakefield. Visitation for relatives and friends at the funeral home on Tuesday from 4-8 p.m.
