Frances “Fran” Piantedosi died on September 20, 2026 with her daughters at her side. She was 90.
She was born in Boston on November 10, 1935, the daughter of Frank and Mary Guerra, and graduated from East Boston High School in 1953. On April 28, 1957 she married Paul C. Piantedosi at St. Lazarus Church in East Boston. They raised three daughters. Paul died before her.
She leaves her daughters, Paula Palmisano and her husband David; Debra Gibbons and her husband Daniel, whose late husband was Kenneth LaMalfa; and Lisa Bradford and her husband Joe. She also leaves nine grandchildren, Diana Pyne and her husband Bill, Marissa Palmisano and her partner Tony Grilo, Paul S. LaMalfa and his wife Melissa, Ashley Pelletier and Jon Ryba, Juliana Correia and her husband Kevin, Christopher Bradford, Crystal Janelle, and Joseph Bradford and his wife Margaret; and eight great-grandchildren. Her sisters Ann Gilberto, Mary Valenti, Rose Sacco and Lil Guerra died before her.
Her family thanked the staff of All American Assisted Living and Memory Care and Brookhaven Hospice for their care. A private ceremony was held, and she was buried next to her husband at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett. Arrangements were by the Ruggiero Family Memorial Home in East Boston. Donations in her memory may go to any charity.
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