You can only have one mother
Patient kind and true;
No other friend in all the world,
Will be the same to you.
When other friends forsake you,
To mother you will return,
For all her loving kindness,
She asks nothing in return.
As we look upon her picture,
Sweet memories we recall,
Of a face so full of sunshine,
And a smile for one and all.
Sweet Jesus, take this message,
To our dear mother up above;
Tell her how we miss her,
And give her all our love.

Beloved wife of the late George R. Dean.

Devoted mother of Bunny Dean-Murray of Winthrop, Joseph Dean II and John M. Dean, both of East Boston.

Dear sister of the late James Rogers, William Rogers, Edward Rogers, and Loretta Sugda.

Cherished grandmother of Jane Dean, Kristine Casaletto, Joseph R. Dean III, Suzane Murray-O'Harte, Kayla and John Dean, and one very special great granddaughter, Sarah Casaletto.

Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

Funeral from the Ruggiero-Mazzarella Memorial Home, 971 Saratoga Street (Orient Heights) East Boston on Wednesday October 17th, 2007 at 9:00am. Funeral Mass in the Sacred Heart Church, 45 Brooks Street, East Boston at 10:00am.

Visiting hours are on Tuesday October 16th from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited.

Rita was born in Boston in 1916. She was a devoted mother and a homemaker. Rita passed away peacefully at the Winthrop Place Nursing Home surrounded by her loving family. She was 91 years of age.

Services will conclude with Rita being laid to rest in the Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop.