Lord, make me an instrument of Thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not  so much seek to be consoled, as to console; To be understood, as to understand; To be loved, as to love; For it is in giving that we receive; It is pardoning that we are pardoned. And it is in dying, that we are born to eternal life.

Devoted mother of Patricia MacDonald and her husband Frank of Winthrop.

Dear sister of the late Giro Parrelli and Concetta Bingley.

Cherished grandmother of Kevin and Keith MacDonald of Winthrop.

Loving aunt of AnnMarie Sarro and her husband Bob of Saugus, and many other nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services in the Chapel of the Ruggiero-Mazzarella Memorial Home, 971 Saratoga Street, Orient Heights, East Boston on Wednesday May 23rd at 2:00 p.m. Visiting hours are prior to the service from 12:00 noon to 2:00pm.  Relative and friends are respectfully invited to attend. 

Carmela was born in 1924 and was a life-long resident of East Boston.  She was a mother and a homemaker. Carmela passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family after a brief illness. She was 83 years of age.

Services will conclude with Carmela being laid to rest in the Winthrop Cemetery in Winthrop.