Loretta Rosa

on March 17, 2022 at her residence at The Village at East Farms in Waterbury.

She was born on May 20,1932 in Waterbury, daughter of the late Henry and

Jeanette Noel and lived most of her life in Wolcott.

She was predeceased in 2012 by her husband of 61 years, Frank J. Rosa, and

is survived and loved by her 5 children Carol Rosa Sabia and her husband

Russ of Belmont, MA, Frank Rosa and his wife Everilda of Florida, Paul Rosa

and his wife Karen of Wolcott, John Rosa of New Milford, and Catherine Rosa

Fagan and her husband John of Wolcott, ten grandchildren - Amy Landes,

Danielle Roberts, Michael Rosa, Erica Corey, Sarah Quinzani, Jacqueline

Rosa, Anthony Rosa, Patrick Fagan, Connor Fagan, and Emily Sabia, and

fourteen great grandchildren.

She especially enjoyed being a grandmother and

shared her excellent cooking skills with her grandchildren. Loretta leaves

behind her sisters Rita Volpe and Lorraine Rutledge Vanderham and was

predeceased by her sister Doris Angiolillo. She also leaves behind many

nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Loretta attended Waterbury Catholic High, worked at Wolcott High School, and

volunteered at several non-profit organizations for the mentally challenged

and the elderly. As an active parishioner of St. Maria Goretti Church, Saint

Pius X, and Saint Basil the Great, she served on the Ladies Guild, the Altar

Society, and Pre-Cana. She loved God, her family, and spending summers in

the Belgrade Lakes region of Maine.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, March 26th at 10 a.m. at the Basilica of the

Immaculate Conception, 74 West Main Street, Waterbury. Burial will follow

in Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury. For online condolences and directions please visit, www.dellavecchiawolcott.com

Memorial contributions may be made to Our Stomping Ground; https://ourstompingground.org/

or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital; https://www.stjude.org/