Laconia-----Ellen Jane (McLeod) DeFanti, 78, of 23 Kinsman Drive, Taylor Community, died unexpectedly at the Lakes Region General Hospital on Monday, July 30, 2012. She was the widow of Ernest R. DeFanti who died May 2002.
Ellen was born November 26, 1933 in Newton, MA, the daughter of Warren and Enid (McClare) McLeod. She had been a resident of Westwood, MA for fifty years before moving to Laconia in 2006.
Ellen had previously been employed at the William Carter Co., Needham, MA and Lambert Electric Co., Needham, MA.
Survivors include two daughters, Susan Wong and her husband, Clifton, of Rancho Palos Verdes, CA and Lisa Pereira and her husband, David, of Gilford, NH; four grandchildren, Nicole Wong, of Somerville, MA, Jeffrey Wong of Los Angeles, CA, Zachary Pereira and Lauren Pereira, both of Gilford, NH and two sisters, Marcia DeFanti (her twin) of Millis, MA and Anne Jenks of Holyoke, MA. In addition to her parents and her husband, she was pre-deceased by a son, Glenn, who died in 1978.
There will be no calling hours.
A private memorial service will be held at a later date.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the National Kidney Foundation (Serving New England), 85 Astor Avenue, Ste 2, Norwood, MA 02062.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the arrangements.