Rosalie V. "Viola" (Greene) Abate, 76, beloved wife for 58 years of Joseph T. Abate Jr. of Surrey Drive, Westerly, died Feb. 17, 2009, at The Westerly Hospital.
Born in Pawcatuck, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Estelle (James) Greene.
A loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Westerly Senior Center; and formerly a den mother with the Cub Scouts in the 1980s.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a son, Joseph T. Abate III of Westerly; a daughter, Donna Marie Fish and her husband Matthew of Westerly; a brother, George Greene of Charlestown; two sisters, Sandra Greene and Sharon Melia, both of Westerly; eight grandchildren, Christopher C. Abate, Stephan A. Abate, Thomas A. Abate, Frank T. Abate Jr., Jason E. Abate, Mandi Lynn Abate, John E. Litchfield Jr., and Corey M. Fish; and four great-grandchildren, Justin Abate, Matthew Abate, Charlie Abate and Samantha Abate.
She was predeceased by a son, Frank T. Abate Sr.; and by several siblings.
Calling hours will be held Friday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly, preceding the funeral service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in First Hopkinton Cemetery, Ashaway.
Born in Pawcatuck, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Estelle (James) Greene.
A loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Westerly Senior Center; and formerly a den mother with the Cub Scouts in the 1980s.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a son, Joseph T. Abate III of Westerly; a daughter, Donna Marie Fish and her husband Matthew of Westerly; a brother, George Greene of Charlestown; two sisters, Sandra Greene and Sharon Melia, both of Westerly; eight grandchildren, Christopher C. Abate, Stephan A. Abate, Thomas A. Abate, Frank T. Abate Jr., Jason E. Abate, Mandi Lynn Abate, John E. Litchfield Jr., and Corey M. Fish; and four great-grandchildren, Justin Abate, Matthew Abate, Charlie Abate and Samantha Abate.
She was predeceased by a son, Frank T. Abate Sr.; and by several siblings.
Calling hours will be held Friday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly, preceding the funeral service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in First Hopkinton Cemetery, Ashaway.
Rosalie V. "Viola" (Greene) Abate, 76, beloved wife for 58 years of Joseph T. Abate Jr. of Surrey Drive, Westerly, died Feb. 17, 2009, at The Westerly Hospital.
Born in Pawcatuck, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Estelle (James) Greene.
A loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Westerly Senior Center; and formerly a den mother with the Cub Scouts in the 1980s.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a son, Joseph T. Abate III of Westerly; a daughter, Donna Marie Fish and her husband Matthew of Westerly; a brother, George Greene of Charlestown; two sisters, Sandra Greene and Sharon Melia, both of Westerly; eight grandchildren, Christopher C. Abate, Stephan A. Abate, Thomas A. Abate, Frank T. Abate Jr., Jason E. Abate, Mandi Lynn Abate, John E. Litchfield Jr., and Corey M. Fish; and four great-grandchildren, Justin Abate, Matthew Abate, Charlie Abate and Samantha Abate.
She was predeceased by a son, Frank T. Abate Sr.; and by several siblings.
Calling hours will be held Friday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly, preceding the funeral service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in First Hopkinton Cemetery, Ashaway.
Born in Pawcatuck, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Estelle (James) Greene.
A loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Westerly Senior Center; and formerly a den mother with the Cub Scouts in the 1980s.
Surviving in addition to her husband are a son, Joseph T. Abate III of Westerly; a daughter, Donna Marie Fish and her husband Matthew of Westerly; a brother, George Greene of Charlestown; two sisters, Sandra Greene and Sharon Melia, both of Westerly; eight grandchildren, Christopher C. Abate, Stephan A. Abate, Thomas A. Abate, Frank T. Abate Jr., Jason E. Abate, Mandi Lynn Abate, John E. Litchfield Jr., and Corey M. Fish; and four great-grandchildren, Justin Abate, Matthew Abate, Charlie Abate and Samantha Abate.
She was predeceased by a son, Frank T. Abate Sr.; and by several siblings.
Calling hours will be held Friday from noon to 2 p.m. in the Gaffney-Dolan Funeral Home, 59 Spruce St., Westerly, preceding the funeral service at 2 p.m. Burial will be in First Hopkinton Cemetery, Ashaway.
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