Palmina “Ida” DeGuglielmo, age 101, of Somerville passed away on Saturday, October 24th. Born and raised in Tufo, Avellino, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Carmine and Carolina (Zuzolo) Minichiello. Ida immigrated to the U.S. in 1970, settling first in Cambridge before moving to Somerville in 1972, where she lived the rest of her life in the same house. Ida loved to cook for her family. She was a generous and thoughtful person who was always very, very kind and giving.
Ida was the beloved wife of the late Antonio DeGuglielmo, and the devoted mother of Enrico DeGuglielmo, his former wife Rosa and partner Joyce, Carmine DeGuglielmo and his wife Linda, and Carolina Fazio and her husband Umberto. She was the loving grandmother of Ida Martell, Michelle Picardi, Antonio DeGuglielmo, Alfonso DeGuglielmo, Salvatore Fazio, Daniela Cicolini, Alessandra Bousios, Giuliana Vietro, Anthony DeGuglielmo, Steven DeGuglielmo, Frederika MacMillan. Ida was the cherished great grandmother of Christian and Olivia DeGuglielmo, Daniella and Michael Picardi, Madelyn, Dominic and Lorenzo DeGuglielmo, Emma, Mia and Ava Fazio, Dante, Luca, Alessio and Leandro Cicolini, Vincenzo and Nicolas DeGuglielmo, Matteo and Stefano Bousios, and Joseph and Lucy MacMillan.
Visiting hours will be held in the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford on Wednesday, October 28th from 4 PM to 8 PM, and again on Thursday, October 29th at 9 AM followed by a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated in St. Ann Church, 399 Medford St, Somerville, at 10 AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Services will conclude with entombment at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent in Ida’s name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memorials Processing, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-9959.