Josephine Errera
...’dipper’ at Mrs. Nelson’s Candy House; 94
TEWKSBURY - Mrs. Josephine (LaBella) Errera, age 94, a former chocolatier, died Sunday,Mar. 28, at Wingate at Andover nursing care facility, after a long period of declining health. Shewas the wife of the late John V. Errera, who died in 1975.
She was born in Boston, Feb. 9, 1910, the daughter of the late Charles and Frances (SanFilipio)LaBella. She was raised in Boston’s North End, and lived the greater part of her life in Medford. She had lived in Tewksbury for the past 48 years.
In her earlier years, she was employed by NECCO candy manufacturers in Cambridge, and laterworked as a chocolate dipper at Mrs. Nelson’s Candy House in Chelmsford.
She was a communicant of St. William’s Church, and a casual visitor to the Tewksbury SeniorDrop-In Center.
She is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, John V. Errera Jr. of Hollywood, FL, LeonardJ. and his wife Gail (Bourgeois) Errera of Tewksbury; a brother and sister-in-law, Joseph andLucy LaBella of Tewksbury; two grandchildren, Leonard J. Errera Jr. of CT, Kathleen M. Sturgesof CO; two great grandchildren, Ethan and Andrew; and many nieces and nephews.
She was also mother of the late Marianne Errera; foster mother of two; and sister of the late Albert and AnthonyLaBella.
Her Funeral Mass was celebrated Friday, Apr. 2, in St. William’s Church, Tewksbury. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, No. Tewksbury.
Memorials to the American Parkinson Disease Asson, (APDA) Massachusetts Chapter 720 Harrison Avenue, Suite 707Boston, MA 02118, will be appreciated.