Margaret H. (Paolozzi) Bonaccorsi

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Margaret H. (Paolozzi) Bonaccorsi, age 86, of Payton Avenue, Warwick, died at home on Tuesday, December 20, 2016. She was the beloved wife of Peter J. Bonaccorsi for 66 years.

Born in Providence, the daughter of the late Benedetto and Helen (Sousa) Paolozzi, she lived in Warwick for most of her life. Mrs. Bonaccorsi was employed in telecommunications at Kent County Memorial Hospital for over 20 years before retiring. Earlier in her life, she was employed by New England Telephone Co. She enjoyed gardening, traveling, knitting, and was an accomplished seamstress. She was a communicant of St. Kevin Church, and a former member of St. Kevin’s Women’s Club. She was a devoted wife and mother.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, David P. Bonaccorsi (his wife, Linda) of Warwick; two daughters, Kathleen B. Conlin (her husband, William) of Wakefield and Debra E. Gamache (her late husband, Christopher) of Exeter; a brother, Edward Paolozzi of Warwick; six grandchildren: David Bonaccorsi, Jr., Adria Bonaccorsi, Maeve Conlin, Andrew Conlin, Dylan Gamache, and Lydia Gamache; and two great-grandchildren, Sophia and Lucca Bonaccorsi. She was the sister of the late Walter, Robert, and Milton Paolozzi.

Her funeral will be held on Friday, December 23, at 9:30 a.m. from the Barrett & Cotter Funeral Home, 1328 Warwick Avenue, Spring Green, Warwick, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Kevin Church, 333 Sandy Lane, Warwick. Relatives and friends are invited, and may visit at the funeral home on Friday from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Burial will be in the Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to St. Kevin Church. www.barrettandcotter