Mrs. Salvatrice Bosco Enjoyed cooking, cards PROSPECT — Mrs. Salvatrice "Lena" (Calvo) Bosco, 93, died Tuesday, July 26, 2011, at Middlebury Convalescent Home after a brief illness. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Vincent Bosco, founder of Bosco Dodge in Naugatuck. Mrs. Bosco was born in Terryville on April 12, 1918, a daughter of the late Salvatore and Grazia Calvo. She moved to Waterbury at the age of 6, graduated from Waterbury Catholic High School in 1937, and for a time during World War II worked at Timex on Cherry Avenue. Lena was a longtime resident of Prospect where she was a communicant of St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church. While helping with the family businesses, Lena raised a family of four in their Prospect home. Earlier in her life, she enjoyed gardening, visiting relatives in Italy and once climbed Mount Washington with her husband and children. Later in life, she kept active with cooking, card games, Scrabble, Sudoku and reading the Bible. Lena is survived by her children: Joseph Bosco and his wife, Sue, of Ranson, W.Va., Sandra Desmarais and her husband, Larry, of Wolcott, David Bosco and his wife, Carol, of Waterbury, and James Bosco and his wife, Cindy, of Bedford, Mass.; eight grandchildren: Jeffrey Desmarais and his wife, Joanna, Robert Desmarais and his wife, Crystal, Alex Bosco and his wife, Allison, Andrew Bosco, Laura Bosco, Lynn Bosco and her partner, Mike Breen, Benjamin Bosco and Gabriella Bosco; three great-grandchildren, Chloe and Ethan Desmarais, and Madeline Breen; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by five siblings: Carmello, Joseph, Frank and Anthony Calvo, and Sue Garro. Mrs. Bosco's family wishes to thank the staff of Middlebury Convalescent Home and VITAS for the excellent care that they provided. A funeral Mass will be held 9:30 a.m. on Friday, July 29, 2011, at St. Anthony Roman Catholic Church, 4 Union City Road, Prospect. Family and friends are asked to please meet directly at the church. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery Garden Mausoleum, Waterbury. Friends may call at the Buckmiller Brothers Funeral Home, 26 Waterbury Road, Route 69, Prospect, on Thursday, July 28, 2011, from 5 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, 1579 Straits Turnpike, Middlebury 06762. For more information and online condolences, please log on to www.buckmillerbrothers.com.