Elizabeth A. Dipasquale Lelli

The funeral Mass will be celebrated in Saint Anthony’s Church, Fitchburg on Wednesday, October 21, at 10:00am. Burial will follow in Saint Bernard’s Cemetery. There are no calling hours. Brandon Funeral Home, 305 Wanoosnoc Rd., Fitchburg is directing arrangements. The family requests that flowers be omitted. Donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.



OBITUARY Fitchburg – Elizabeth A. (Lelli) DiPasquale, 96, died Friday, October 16, 2015 at the Highlands Nursing Center in Fitchburg. She was born on February 19, 1919, daughter of Luigi and Giuseppina (Lautizi) Lelli. She was a member of Saint Anthony’s Church, Fitchburg. Betty graduated from Saint Bernard’s High School in Fitchburg. She was a talented seamstress and shared her talent by teaching sewing in adult education classes in Fitchburg. Her greatest joy was her children and grandchildren. She is survived by four sons; Alfred and wife Kathleen, Bernard and wife Christine, John and wife April, Thomas and wife Ellen; one daughter, Maryann Deese; 13 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She is also survived by her sister Jenny McCarthy of Worcester, sister-in-law Teresa DiPasquale, and many nieces and nephews. Betty was predeceased by her husband Alfred and daughter Judith; three sisters, Angelina McLellan, Mary Lelli and Santina Condon, and two brothers, Anthony and Gus Lelli.