Marie Mattera Petrucci

Marie (Mattera) Petrucci, 87, of Heath St., passed away December 15, 2013 at the Evergreen Health Center, surrounded by her loving family and friends. Born and raised in the Federal Hill section of Providence, she was a daughter of the late Giovanni Giuseppe and Fortuna (Migliaccio) Mattera. She was the wife of the late Emilio Petrucci, Jr. for 66 years; mother of Joanna and Diana Petrucci; sister of Anthony Mattera, and the late Salvatore, John and Gennaro “Jerry” Mattera, Yolanda Pacitto and Filomena Petrucci.

Marie was a jewelry supervisor for 20 years. She also worked in quality control for the A.T. Cross Co. for 25 years, where she won numerous awards for her Christmas presentations. She fashioned the palm crosses at Easter for St. Martha’s Church. She loved life and all of its celebrations, cherished the holidays with family and friends and forever will be in their hearts.

Visitation and funeral will be held on Thursday, 9-10:30 a.m. from the PONTARELLI-MARINO Home, 971 Branch Ave., Providence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. in St. Martha Church, 2595 Pawtucket Ave., East Providence. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation, 249 Roosevelt Ave., Ste.201, Pawtucket, RI 02860.