GLORIA (TOCCI) MERCURI 73GLORIA MERCURI OF NEEDHAM DIED AT HER HOME ON SATURDAY JULY 26, SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BORN IN LOWELL, SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF NEEDHAM HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1946 AND WORKED FROM THE EARLY 60s AS A BOOKKEEPER FOR DIFFERENT FIRMS IN THE NEEDHAM AREA. SHE WAS THE BELOVED WIFE OF DANIEL MERCURI, AND DEAR MOTHER OF CHERYL BROWN WITH HER HUSBAND JAMES OF NEEDHAM AND SHARON ZIMMERMAN WITH HER HUSBAND FRED OF MEDFIELD. SHE WAS THE LOVING SISTER OF RONALD C TOCCI AND EDMUND TOCCI BOTH OF NEEDHAM. ALSO THE CHERISHED GRANDMOTHER OF JESSICA BROWN, MICHAEL BROWN, BRYAN ZIMMERMAN AND ASHLEY ZIMMERMAN. GLORIA WAS ALSO SURVIVED BY SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL WAS HELD FROM THE EATON FUNERAL HOME 1351 HIGHLAND AVE. NEEDHAM ON THURSDAY JULY 31 AT 9:00 AM FOLLOWED BY A FUNERAL MASS AT ST. JOSEPH CHURCH AT 10:00 AM. VISITING HOURS WEDNESDAY FROM 4-8:00 PM. BURIAL AT ST. MARYS CEMETERY IN NEEDHAM. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE. NEEDHAM AND MEDFIELD EDITIONS