(10/10/12) Teresa Lea Pellegrino Graziosi Pierson, age 84, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2012, at Rhode Island Hospital. The daughter of Achilles Graziosi and Campiodina Pellegrino, she was born in Rome, Italy on October 15, 1927. On November 11, 1945 she married her late husband Army Sergeant Lionel Armand Pierson who was stationed in Italy.
Teresa came to the United States in 1945. She worked for the State of Rhode Island as a Dietary Specialist for many years, working at the Ladd School in Exeter, RI and the RI Training School for Boys until her retirement in 1992. She was a long time Cub Scout Den Mother for the RI Cub Scouts and also worked closely with the Boy Scouts of America organization. She was an advocate for Elderly Affairs of Rhode Island. She was an active parish community member and a communicant of St. Faustina Catholic Community located on Park Avenue in Cranston, RI.
She is survived by four sons, Gil Pierson, Michael Pierson, Sr., Ronald Pierson and Mark Pierson; 12 grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren and one sister, Anna Pellegrino Graziosi Napoli living in Dominica and her many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son, Thomas and by four siblings all from Rome, Italy.
Friends may visit the family on Tuesday, October 16 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Gorton-Menard Funeral Home, 721 Washington Street, Coventry, RI. Funeral services will begin with prayer and scripture readings at the funeral home at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday with committal and internment at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Greenwich, RI. Family and friends are invited to attend both days.
For those planning to send any expression of sympathy, in lieu of flowers you are asked to consider a donation to: St. Faustina Catholic Community, 134 Park Avenue, Cranston, RI 02905 in memory of Mrs. Teresa L. Pierson.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the Gorton-Menard Funeral Home www.gortonmenardfuneralhome.com located on 721 Washington Street, Coventry, RI or to the family residence at 205 Fairway Drive, Coventry, RI 02816.
Teresaâs family would like to thank the Doctors, the nurses and entire staff at the RI Hospital ICU Trauma Unit, Floor 5 for their loyal dedication, for their compassion and especially for the wonderful care they gave to Teresa during her short stay at the hospital.
For online condolences please visit www.gortonmenardfuneralhome.com.
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