Rose Marie DiBuono

Rose Marie Nelson DiBuono, age 92, of Erie, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2025. She was born in Erie on March 10, 1933, daughter of the late Herman and Sophia Nelson.

Rose Marie was a 1950 graduate of East High School and a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church. She was a loving, stay at home mom. Rose Marie was a very gifted seamstress and had sewn many vestments for priests along with altar cloths and banners. She was a great cook and baker and would bake cakes with others, collecting over 20 cakes at a time to take to the Emmaus Soup Kitchen, where she had also volunteered once a month. Rose Marie and another friend also volunteered at the Martin Luther King Center where they taught children how to sew. She had a very generous, kind and loving heart to all. Besides sewing, Rose Marie loved gardening, bird watching, shopping and playing pinochle.

Rose Marie is survived by three children, Kathleen Turner (Evan), Joseph R. DiBuono and John F. DiBuono; three grandchildren, Theresa DiBuono West (Dean), Jennifer Marince (Brian) and Matthew Turner (Brittany); three great-grandchildren, Hannah and Hailey Turner and Carlisle Marince; and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Joseph DiBuono; and one brother, Robert Nelson.

Friends may call at the Dusckas Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 2607 Buffalo Rd., on Monday, December 22nd, from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm and are invited to attend a Funeral Mass on Tuesday, December 23rd, at noon at Our Lady of Mount Carmel R.C. Church, 1553 East Grandview Blvd. Interment will follow at Mary, Queen of Peace Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Emmaus Ministries Soup Kitchen, 218 East 11th Street, Erie, PA 16503. Condolences may be sent to www.dusckasfuneralhomes.com.