Lina Franca (DeSimone) Tranfaglia, age 75, of Medford passed away on Tuesday, April 20th at the Massachusetts General Hospital of Boston. Born and raised in Mirabella Eclano, Avellino, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Francesco and Rosaria DeSimone. Lina immigrated to the US in 1966, and has been a Medford resident for the past 50 years.
Lina’s family was everything to her, especially her grandchildren, and she treated her sons-in-law and her daughter’s fiancé like they were her children too. Lina made sacrifices for others all her life and went without so others could have more. She loved to cook for family and friends, and you never left her house without a package of food to take home.
Lina was the beloved wife of the late Giovanni Tranfaglia, and the devoted mother of Maria Guarini and her husband Mark, Sandra Tranfaglia and her fiancé Matthew LaBerge, and Joan Stein and her husband Steven, all of North Andover. She was the loving grandmother of John, Samantha, AJ, Alyssa and Jordan.
A funeral mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph Church, 118 High St., Medford on Wednesday, April 28th at 11:30 AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend and may visit with family in the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford from 10 through 11 AM. Social distancing protocols will be followed throughout the services, which will conclude with entombment at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett.