Loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother
Mrs. Frances A. (Zappulla) DiMaria, 87, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015, at her home. She was the loving wife of Vincent DiMaria.
Mrs. DiMaria was born July 29, 1928, in Waterbury, daughter of the late Paul and Concetta (Privitera) Zappulla. She was a graduate of Waterbury Catholic High School and held an accounting degree from Post College. Fran was a longtime communicant of Our Lady of Lourdes Church. She worked in the office at U.S. Rubber and Bristol Company and retired from Hemingway-Bartlett, where she worked as a machine operator for over 15 years. Completely devoted to her family, Fran loved to be at home caring for her husband, children and grandchildren.
In addition to Vincent, her husband of 60 years, Fran is survived by her sons, Vincent DiMaria, Jr. of Waterbury, Paul A. DiMaria of Middlebury, Francis M. DiMaria of Waterbury and Thomas E. DiMaria and his wife, Rebecca, of Oakville and her daughter, Constance A. DiMaria of Waterbury. She also leaves her 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews. Fran was predeceased by her son Pasquale J. DiMaria.
The DiMaria family would like to thank Shelley Guerrera of VNA of Oakville for her outstanding and compassionate care shown to Fran.
The funeral will be Saturday, Aug. 29, 2015, at 9 a.m. from Maiorano Funeral Home at 95 Willow St. in Waterbury to Our Lady of Lourdes Church for a Mass at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the funeral home Friday, Aug. 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions in Fran’s name may be made to American Parkinson’s Disease Association, CT Chapter, P.O. Box 718, Old Mystic, CT 06372 or VNA Health at Home, 27 Siemon Co. Drive, #101W, Watertown, CT 06795. For more information and online condolences please visit www.maioranofuneralhome.com.
