Medelise Jude Palomba Summa


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Medelise Jude Palomba Summa
June 21, 1933
December 25, 2016



Medelise June Palomba Summa, 83, died peacefully on Sunday, December 25, 2016 surrounded by her family. She was a native of Waterbury, CT and a long-time resident of Portland, Maine.
Mrs. Summa was born on June 21, 1933 in Waterbury, Connecticut, daughter of the late Frederick Palomba and Medelise Charters Palomba. She is pre-deceased by her husband Dr. John F. Summa also of Waterbury, CT.
Medelise graduated from Waterbury Catholic High School and Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York. Prior to her marriage, she worked at the Waterbury Day Nursery School. She volunteered for many years at Waterbury Hospital and at the Apostolate of Prayer for Healing in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Medelise is survived by her six children John, Geoffrey, Robert, Mark, Medelise and Patricia; her seven grandchildren John, Caroline, Julian, Wondifraw, Kelemua, Medelise and Nolan; her stepbrother Leon F. Powers and stepsister Joan Powers Hickey. She is pre-deceased by her brother and former Mayor of Waterbury, CT, Frederick Palomba and stepsisters Margaret “Peggy” Powers Rutland and Helen Powers. Medelise will be missed by her many close relatives and friends.
A funeral mass will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church, on January 14, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. in Waterbury, Connecticut.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hospice of Southern Maine, 180 US Rte. One, Scarborough, ME 04074.


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