OBIT-Rose M. (Ciarletta) Howe, 88, dau of Ilario and Cesidia (Gavita) Ciarletta
SOUTH YARMOUTH — Mrs. Rose M. (Ciarletta) Howe, of South Yarmouth and Highland Beach, Fla., formerly of Waltham, died Monday, April 19, 2010, in Boca Raton Community Hospital, Boca Raton, Fla. She was 88.
Rose was born on November 2, 1921, in Waltham, a daughter of the late Ilario and Cesidia (Gavita) Ciarletta. She was a graduate of Waltham High School, class of 1939. She lived many years in Waltham before moving to the Cape permanently in 1983. While in Waltham, she worked as a process assistant for Raytheon Corporation. In her earlier years, she worked at the former Waltham Watch Company and Bulova Watch Company.
She was an avid golfer and enjoyed swimming. Her happiest times were spent with family and friends on Cape Cod. In her children's early years, she was an active Boy and Girl Scout mother.
She is predeceased by her husbands, Allen J. Duport in 1973, Henry J. Ruggiero in 1985 and Lawrence H. 'Larry' Howe in 2001. She is also predeceased by her siblings, Ernest Ciarletta, Ida E. Ciarletta, Pasqualina Natoli, Delfina 'Helen' Fahey and Adeline Scafidi.
Rose leaves her children, Robert A. Duport of Kingfield, Maine and Nancy A. Kiernan and her husband, Michael, of Bath, Maine; her brother, Henry Ciarletta of Waltham; her granddaughter, Kathleen Kiernan of Bath, Maine; many step-children; step-grandchildren; step-great-grandchildren; nieces and nephews.
Family and friends will honor and remember Rose's life by gathering for calling hours in the Hallett Funeral Home, 273 Station Avenue, South Yarmouth, on Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Tuesday before leaving in procession to Saint Pius X Church, 5 Barbara St., where her funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. in Calvary Cemetery, Waltham.
Memorial donations may be made to The Doug Flutie Autism Foundation, P.O. Box 767, Framingham, MA 01701 or to Saint Pius X Church, 5 Barbara Street, South Yarmouth, 02664.
Published in the Cape Cod Times on 4/23/2010