(10/03/15) Evelyn R. (Ulewicz) Terranova, 96, of Clark Street, Westerly, wife of the late Joseph F. Terranova, passed away on Friday morning, October 2, 2015 at the Westerly Hospital. She was born in New Bedford, MA, the daughter of the late Alexander and Tekla (Janious) Ulewicz. The family moved to Taftville, CT where she attended elementary school and later the Norwich Free Academy. While attending school, she enjoyed playing baseball and basketball. After completing school, she was employed at Ponemah Mills where she did clerical work until her marriage to Joseph on July 24, 1943 in Taftville. They lived in Westerly and later Pawcatuck. During this period she worked as an assembler at Bostich and Yardney until her retirement. Evelyn enjoyed bingo, dancing and traveling. She and her husband traveled through the New England states and New York. They also enjoyed several trips to Europe including England, Portugal, Germany, France and on three occasions to Italy where they passed the whole summer in 1969. They also enjoyed twelve cruises to the Caribbean.
Besides her husband and parents, she was pre-deceased by her brothers Isadore and Antone Ulewicz and her sisters Camilla Duff and Helen Puza. She is survived by many nephews and nieces, grandnephews and grandnieces and great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, October 5, 2015 at 10:00 am at St. Pius X Church, 44 Elm Street, Westerly. There will be no procession from the funeral home. Burial will take place at St. Sebastian Cemetery, Westerly. Calling hours will take place on Sunday from 4:00-6:00 pm at Rushlow-Iacoi Funeral Home & Crematory, 64 Friendship Street, Westerly.
For online condolences, please visit www.rushlowiacoifuneralhome.com
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