AFTER GLOW

I'd like the memory of me

to be a happy one,

I'd like to leave an afterglow

of smiles when life is done.

I'd like to leave an echo

whispering softly down the ways,

Of happy times and laughing times

and bright and sunny days.

Dear sister of Antoinetta "Netta" Mercadante of East Boston and the late Mary Fay.

Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews, and a very special cousin, Grace D'Agostino of East Boston.

Funeral from the Ruggiero-Mazzarella Memorial Home, 971 Saratoga Street (Orient Heights) East Boston on Monday April 2nd, 2007 at 8:00am. Funeral Mass in Our Lady of Grace Church, 59 Nichols Street, Everett at 9:00am.

Visiting hours are on Sunday April 1st from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited.

Josephine was born in Boston in 1929 and lived in East Boston before later moving to Everett. She worked for many years at Jordan Marsh Department Stores in the collection department, and was a late member of Our Lady of Grace Socialites. Josephine passed away in the Kindred Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston after a lengthy illness. She was 83 years of age.

The Memorial Home is handicapped accessible and a children’s lounge is available. Courtesy valet parking at the front entrance and ample attendant off street parking is also available in our 3 parking lots. For transportation to the memorial home please call 617-569-0990.

Services will conclude with Josephine being laid to rest in Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden.