Angelina Mero Pozzessere

Angelina Mero Pozzessere passed away May 24th, 2008, quietly, in her sleep. Until that moment, she was vital and a joy, regaling her family with stories and the world's best meatballs. "Nana Lena" was born in Worcester, MA, July 2nd, 1920, the daughter of Angelo and Mary D'Onfrio Mero, Italian immigrants who worked hard to make a living in the states. She grew up off Shrewsbury Street with sisters Grace, Ida, and Delores and brothers Frank and John. During World War II, she married Alphonse Pozzessere and soon after moved to South Florida, but her home in Massachusetts remained in her heart. Widowed in 1996, she remained in South Florida where her son and daughter-in-law lived with their five children, Jason, Shayne, Derek, Bryee-Annon, and Chynna. Smart, funny, unique, she was truly a matriarch of her beloved family, and will be sorely missed, loved into eternity by those who she has left behind.

She is survived by her brother John and sister-in-law, Joan; and sisters, Ida Mangiulli and Delores Law and brother-in-law George, sister-in-law Grace Mero, and ten nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nieces; her one beloved son, Dennis, daughter-in-law, Heather, and her five grandchildren.

A memorial will be held at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Worcester, at 9:00 AM Saturday, July 5th. All are welcome.