Lee- Theresa M. Scaramuzzi, 83, of Cape Street in Lee passed away on March 26th at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Lee on May 6, 1929 the daughter of Robert J. and Margaret C. Delaney Lorette. She was educated in Lee schools and was a 1947 graduate of Lee High School. Upon graduation she worked for several area dentists until 1951. Theresa married Arnold R. Scaramuzzi on February 3, 1951. They moved to Lawton, Oklahoma where her husband was stationed at Fort Sill Oklahoma until his discharge in 1953. Upon moving home she became the bookkeeper for her husband's building and contracting business, Arnold R. Scaramuzzi Building Contractor. She was a parishioner of St. Mary's Church in Lee and a charter member of the former Lee Kiwani-Annes Club. Theresa enjoyed traveling and she and her husband wintered in Florida for several years. She was a devoted grandmother, and loved attending her grandchildren's high school and college sporting events. Theresa's survivors include her husband of 62 years, Arnold Scaramuzzi of Lee, two daughters; Lynn A. Wellington and her husband Gary and Debra L. Hall and her husband James, both of Lee, three loving grandchildren; Christina Garner and her husband Daniel of Pittsfield, Nicole Mills and her husband Keala of Lenox and Sean Wellington and his wife Devon of Braintree, MA, two great grandchildren Dylan and Anna Wellington; a sister, Margaret Reed of California and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother Charles J. Lorette and two sisters, Mary C. Wheeler and Anne G. Thull Fullman. The funeral service for Theresa M. Scaramuzzi will be held on Friday, April 26th at 10am at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Lenox Dale, the church where she was baptized and where she and Arnold were married in. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery. Per her wishes there will be no calling hours. In lieu of flowers, friends wishing may make donations in her memory to the Porchlight VNA, Hospice Services of Western Mass, Alzheimer's Association or the Lee Ambulance Fund in care of the Kelly Funeral Home, 3 Main Street, Lee, MA 01238.

Service Details

Friday, April 26th, 2013 10:00am, St. Vincent de Paul

Interment Details

St. Mary's Cemetery