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Obituary: Maria “Michelina” (Savino) Abbondanza of Boston’s North End

Maria “Michelina” (Savino) Abbondanza of Boston’s North End on January 29, 2017. Beloved wife of the late Antonio Abbondanza. Devoted mother of Angela Nogueira and William Galatis, Rosa Evans and her husband Steven, Joanna Hoey, Lisa Monteiro and the late Joseph Abbondanza and his surviving wife Annette. Loving grandmother of Frankie, Roseann, Anthony, Michela, Sean, Christopher, Cristina, Jordan and Jillian; great-grandmother of Aubriannah. Dear sister of the late Pasquale, Joseph, Jerry, Luigi, Elena Coviello, Maria Ruberti and Rosa Savino. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

The family will receive visitors on Tuesday from 4-8pm in the Boston Harborside Home, 580 Commercial St., Boston. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Sacred Heart Church, North Sq., Boston on Wednesday at 10am. To join procession to church, please be at the funeral home by 9am. Services will conclude with interment in St. Michael Cemetery, Roslindale. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in Maria’s memory to: St. Leonard Church, 320 Hanover St., Boston, MA 02109.