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Christine M. Salvucci, 94

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Christine M. Salvucci, 94, died Friday, October 11, 2019 at Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham. She was the wife of the late Gerardo Salvucci, who died in July 1975. Born in Marlborough, she was the daughter of the late Arenzo and Cora (Lizotte) Ferrelli. She worked for many years as a cook for the Hopkinton Senior Center.

She is survived by her daughter Jeanie Petani of Milford, wife of the late Jeffrey Petani, her granddaughters Jean Michelle Petani of Hopkinton and Christine Petani of Milford, and her great-grandson Jonathan Petani of Hopkinton. She also leaves her sister Doris Ferrelli of Milford and many nieces and nephews.

She is predeceased by her sister Carolyn Lussier, her brother Sonny Ferrelli and her sister Claire Berthelette.

Christine enjoyed taking care of the beautiful flowers in her yard. She liked to go shopping and out to lunch, especially for Mexican food. She really loved decorating for holidays and spending both birthdays and holidays with her family.

She also enjoyed going on family trips up to a relative’s family cottage in Deering Lake in NH. She looked forward every year to visiting the state of Maine to see her friends. She loved going for a ride to see the beautiful scenery down on Cape Cod.

She was very, very proud of her granddaughters and her great-grandson.

A funeral Mass will be held Friday, October 25, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 20 Church Street. Burial will follow in St. John's Cemetery. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, 34 Church Street.