Wonderful cook was a longtime Melrose resident
MELROSE — Marie “Mary” (Dinati) DiCarlo, 101, passed away at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Nov. 4.
Mary was born in Melrose on Sept. 27, 1913 to the late Ionnetta and Rosina (Pascucia) Dinati. She was raised in Melrose, attended Melrose schools and was a resident of Melrose until the death of her husband Frank in 1994.
Mrs. DiCarlo was a homemaker and has been living in Wilmington for the past 20 years. In her younger years Mary worked as a stitcher on Washington Street, Melrose and for a garment business in Malden several years.
Mrs. DiCarlo was a wonderful cook, made an excellent pizza and still was making full dinners at the age of 101. She was an old-fashioned lady who loved her family and her large extended family. But most of all Mary loved watching cooking shows, “Jeopardy” and the “Wheel of Fortune” with her great-granddaughter Emily.
Mrs. DiCarlo was the beloved wife of the late Frank W. DiCarlo. She was the loving mother of Doris Ross and her husband William of Wilmington. She was the cherished grandmother of Michelle L. Cross of Andover. She was the devoted great-grandmother of Emily Claire Cross. She was the caring sister of the late Anthony and Theodore Dinati. She was the aunt of Daniel and Jean Dinati, Elaine Harrington, Rosemary Graves, Susan and Glenn Searles, Anthony and Joan DiCarlo and Marie DiCarlo. She was the great-aunt of Jill and John Garipay, Kristin Dinati, Kim Boig, David Harrington, Adam Russell and Liz Nguyen, Wendy and Paulo McConnell, Racheal Searles, Katie Searles and Ashley and Ethan Tangerini, Christine and James Mollenauer and Loraine and Robert Mintzer. She was the great-great-aunt of Mason and Nolan Garipay, Matthew and Grace McConnell, Andrew, Caroline and William Mollenauer, Lily LeFebvre and Madeline and Jack Mintzer.
The funeral was from the Gately Funeral Home, 79 West Foster St., Melrose, on Monday, Nov. 10, at 8:45 a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Mary Church, Herbert Street, Melrose at 10 a.m.
Burial in Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Mary’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl, Memphis TN 38105 or www.stjude.org.
To send a message of condolence please visit www.gatelyfh.com.
