Ellen Frangente
Devoted wife, mother, grandmother
Hair Stylist - Sales Person
LOWELL Ellen (Ryder) (Ozella) Frangente, 99, of Lowell, died Jan 25, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Alberico P. Frangente
Born February 29, 1908 in Amity, Maine, she was a daughter of the late Edward and the late Mary (Friel) Ryder and was educated in the Maine and Lowell School systems. She was a professional beautician and sales person.
A faithful communicant of Sacred Heart Church for more than sixty years, she was also an auxilliary member of the Legion of Mary and held a Fifty year membership in the Holy Rosary Sodality.
Her survivors include a son, Richard M. Ozella and his wife, Teresa, of Lowell; five daughters, Anna F. Cullen and her husband, Thomas, of Ft. Myers, Florida, Maryellen Daigle and her friend, Richard Whouley, of Litchfield, NH, Jeanne M. Trask and her husband, Thomas, of Milford, NH, Theresa A. Duchesne and her husband, Edmond, of Hudson, New Hampshire, and Nancy L. Gilbert and her husband, Robert, of Methuen; twenty one grandchildren, Kevin Cullen, Maryellen Rapone, Richard, Glen, Jeffrey, and Bruce Ozella, Dennis, Edward, and Gary Daigle, Annmarie Grennell, Marybeth Bradanese, Robert, Stephen, and KennethTrask, Lisa Wingert, Shawn and Douglas Duchesne, Loriellen Grande, Tammy Conroy, Gregory Sullivan, and Stacy Grange; thirty two great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren; a sister Irma of CT; a niece,Elaine Frangente and many more nieces and nephews as well as two dear friends, June Martino and Jean Cull.
She was also the grandmother of the late Thomas M. Cullen and the late Michelle Cullen.
YOU ARE INVITED TO HER CALLING HOURS 2 UNTIL 6 P.M. ON SUNDAY. ON MONDAY, HER FUNERAL WILL BEGIN AT 9 A.M. AT THE MCDONOUGH FUNERAL HOME, 14 HIGHLAND STREET, LOWELL (978 OR 800) 458-6816. HER FUNERAL MASS WILL BE OFFERED AT HOLY FAMILY PARISH AT 10 A.M.. BURIAL IN ST. PATRICK CEMETERY. E-CONDOLENCE SITE WWW.MCDONOUGHFUNERALHOME.COM