Sara M. Deangelis

Sara May “Tommie” (Thomas) DeAngelis, a resident of Westwood since 1950, died Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at her home in Westwood.  She was 83.  Sara was born May 8, 1926 in Keene, New Hampshire, a daughter of Max Crosley and Sarah Waples (Crosby) Thomas.  She graduated from Peterborough High School and from the Mary Hitchcock School of Nursing in Hanover, New Hampshire.  Tommie worked at Faxon Company in Westwood for 15 years.  She volunteered at the Ellis Nursing Home in Norwood for 14 years, and she served as a Eucharistic Minister and Lector at St. Denis Church in Westwood.  She was a member of the Ladies Sodality at St. Denis, and a FANTASTIC girl scout leader.  Tommie was the wife of the late Henry Michael “Hank” DeAngelis and the sister of the late Virginia Thomas and her late twin brother, Max Thomas.  She is survived by her son David C. DeAngelis, and his wife Debbie, of Hayward, California; her five  daughters, Carol L. Saari, and her husband Robert Pizzi, of West Yarmouth, Christine “Chrissie” DeAngelis of Westwood, Virginia “Ginnie” Mulroy, and her husband Bill, of Bellingham, Sally L. DeAngelis, and her husband Mitch Rosenberg, of Lowell, and Laura Sfeir, and her husband Dani, of Westwood; her six grandchildren, Christopher Coleman, and his wife Michelle, Michael Saari, Elizabeth Filippone, and her husband Joseph, Stacey Mulroy, and her partner Deb Cieri, Sarah Mulroy, and Andre Sfeir; and her great grandson Mason Coleman, as well as various granddogs.  Visiting hours will be held Sunday, May 9th from 4-8 PM at the Folsom Funeral Home, 649 High Street (Route 109), Westwood.  Relatives and friends are invited to gather at the funeral home Monday at 9 AM and proceed to St. Denis Church, 157 Washington Street, (Route 1A) Westwood for her Mass of Christian Burial at 10 o clock.  Burial will follow in Knollwood Memorial Park, Canton.  In lieu of flowers donations to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701 or to the Resident’s Activities Fund at the Ellis Nursing Home, 135 Ellis Avenue, Norwood, MA 02062 would be appreciated.