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Edith Silvestri Obituary

Edith P (DelVecchio) Silvestri

Winchester - In her 101 years as daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Edith was nurturing, supportive, spunky, generous, respectful, polite and loving. Of course that was before her fall at 97 years of age. The after-effects of that fall stole everything. Even to the very end though, her family meant everything to Edith.

Edith Silvestri was born on January 6, 1917 in Revere, MA, the daughter of two Italian immigrants, Nicoletta and Euplio DelVecchio. Edith had five brothers and sisters who supported each other throughout their lives; James, Florence, Anthony, Benjamin and Marie. She married a good man, Antonio Silvestri, who sacrificed nearly everything for his family. Together they raised three close-knit children in Winchester; Loretta, Tony and Roberta. Edith cherished and helped support six wonderful grandchildren; Paula, Joe, Michael, Hilary, Nicole and Mark. She doted over each of her fifteen great-grandchildren; Michael, Allison, Jonathan, Tyler, Lydia, Nicholas, Benjamin, Liam, James, Rory, Audrey, Courtney, Anthony, CJ, and Sammy. And Edith loved each of her extended family members; Paul, Boomsa, Tony, Kelly, Kathleen, Jim, and Pam. Edith will always be remembered by her family for her inspirational words of wisdom, words she kept prominently displayed on her refrigerator such as: "It takes a lifetime to build a reputation, only a minute to destroy it", "Tell me WHO your friends are and I will tell you WHAT you are", "Education is not what makes you great; heart is what makes you great". Her life and words shaped her family members' lives.

Edith was a special gift from God. Her life made a difference. One great-grandson's lasting expression of love remained indelibly etched in Edith's brain to the very end of her life and needs repeating now…Noni, we will never forget you.

The family of Edith Silvestri wishes to thank the compassionate staff of The Oasis at Dodge Park. They provided loving, respectful and dignified care for Edith with remarkable joyful spirit.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Edith Memorial Caregivers Fund at https://www.gofundme.com/Ediths-Memorial-Fund which has been established for the benefit of caregivers at Oasis Rest Home.

A private memorial service in celebration of a life well-lived will be held at the Slattery Funeral Home, Marlboro, MA on Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10 am.

Published by Worcester Telegram & Gazette from Sep. 4 to Sep. 5, 2018.
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I want to send my condolences to the family of a wonderful woman ....Edith was someone I looked forward to seeing every day and my memory of her was one day after dinner she sang me a Italian lullaby was absolutely beautiful...she will be missed and never forgotten.

Elaine Blair

October 14, 2018

OH the wonderful memories I have of Mrs. Silvestri . The delicious smells, even at 8:30 AM, before school, rides to and from school in her big black Cadillac! She had such patience with us girls. Always there for us. How she loved her three children and their friends.
She would drive back and forth looking for us when we were late getting back to school from lunch. One time, Roberta and I , after counting 96 cars on the train, thought it would be a challenge to walk to school ON our jump ropes. Needless to say, her Mom found us over an hour later not quite at the school. She never yelled at us.
Her Girl Scout Leader skills were amazing and she made sure we all had fun and treats!
So many happy childhood memories.
Her family will miss her terribly but with such precious memories, hopefully they will help them at this sad time.
Edith was a Gem

Kim Ross

October 2, 2018

I had the pleasure of taking care of Edith at the Oasis at Dodge Park. She will be deeply missed by myself and the rest of the staff at Oasis.

Courtney Hunt

September 5, 2018

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