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Ernest Michael Gramolini

 

 

     Ernest M. Gramolini, 82, died Wednesday evening, April 1, 2009 in the Winchester Hospital   after a long illness.  Mr. Gramolini was a life long resident of Malden.  Born on August 29, 1926, he was the son of the late Peter and Adele (Federici) Gramolini.   Ernest served in the US Navy with the 36th. Special United States Navy Construction Battalion, the 109th. and 134th. Construction Battalion during World War II.  He attained the rank of Coxswain.  He enlisted on October 5, 1944 and was discharged on June 20, 1946.

     Ernest and his wife Edna were married on April 17, 1955 in St. Joseph’s Church, Malden. They started a family and remained in Malden. The couple had 53 years together until his passing.

Ernest worked as a master welder for different welding firms in Malden area.  He was a longtime member of the VFW Post # 639 in Malden.

     Ernest was the husband of Edna M. (Payne) Gramolini, devoted father of Peter of Georgetown and his wife Beth, James of Saugus and his wife Nancy, Carol Di Orio of Merrimack, NH and her husband Richard, Robert  and his former wife Donna  and David and his wife Tracy, all of Malden, Jean Wentworth of Tewksbury and her husband Jason. Loving brother of John Gramolini of Centerville, Angela Heath of Malden, Teresa Quealy of NY and her husband John, Barbara Hall of Pembroke and his sister-in-law Doris Gramolini of Braintree, cherished grandfather of Robert, Matthew, Isabel, Nicholas, and Julia Gramolini, Christina and Nicholas Di Orio, and Jillian Wentworth. 

Ernest was preceded in death by his brother, Joseph Gramolini, formerly of Melrose, and his sister, Mary Bransfield, formerly of Malden.

     Funeral will be held from the Weir-Mac Cuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144  Salem  St. Malden, on Monday, April 6, 2009 at 11 AM  followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph’s Church, 770 Salem St. Malden at 12 noon.  Interment to follow in Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield.

Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home on Sunday, April 5, 2009 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.

     In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for donations of any kind to the American Red Cross, 139 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, 02142: please follow link: www.bostonredcross.org 

 

 

 

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