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Malvina T. (Piermarini) Gamble, age 94, long time resident of Leominster, MA and, since last fall, of Windsor Locks, CT died Monday, June 18, 2018. She was born on May 25, 1924, the daughter of Antonio and Mary (Lolli) Piermarini. She graduated from Leominster High School in 1942 and Burbank Hospital School of Nursing in 1945. She was employed at Worcester VNA, Leominster Hospital, and for many years at Burbank Hospital. During WWII Malvina was a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps. Mrs. Gamble is survived by a daughter Kathleen Lemmo and her husband Philip of Fitchburg, MA and a son Kevin and his wife Sandra of Windsor, CT. She also leaves four grandchildren: Steven Lemmo (fiancée Kathryn Thomas) of Fitchburg; Erin (Patrick) Lynch of Windsor, CT; Andrea Gamble of Salisbury, CT; and David (Carolyn) Gamble of West Hartford, CT; five great-grandchildren: Aili and Lillian of Fitchburg, Emma and Abigail of Windsor, and Molly of West Hartford. She also leaves two beloved sisters: Virginia Castelli of Fitchburg and Barbara Novelli and her husband Joseph of Fitchburg. She also leaves a sister-in-law, Theresa Piermarini of Leominster, as well as many dear nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was predeceased by her parents and her husband, Max Carroll, whom she has missed dearly since his passing in 2003. Max and Mal were truly the loves of each other’s lives. Max was a sailor in WWII, and Mal occupied the last days of her life reading the letters he mailed to her from the Pacific Theater during and immediately after the war. Malvina was also predeceased by her brother, Richard Piermarini, and her brother-in-law, Alexander Castelli, both of whom she loved dearly. Malvina was a very brave lady -she defied the odds in managing to live independently in her own house, assisted by family members whose concern for her will always be remembered. Since last fall she was cared for at Bickford Health Center in Windsor Locks, CT by many compassionate and underpaid employees. One of the last sentences uttered by Malvina to her family was “It was nice to know all of you.” – a thought she surely would have liked passed on to all who knew her.