Virginia Cieri

Virginia (Dente) Cieri of Saugus, formerly of East Boston , passed away on September 5th at the age of 101. Born in Boston , she was the daughter of the late Alessio and Concetta (D’Amato) Dente. She was raised in East Boston and attended the Donald McKay School . Virginia was the proprietor of both Tom’s Cleaners and Cieri Cleaners in East Boston . She was a fabulous cook, top- notch seamstress and centurion. Beloved wife for 63 years to the late Thomas (Tom) Cieri. Loving mother of Elaine Krafve and her husband William “Buddy” of Saugus and Diane Friedman and her husband Len of Middleton. Cherished grandmother of Lisa Butera of Middleton, Jennifer Turner and her husband Jeff of Reading, Marc Butera and his wife Maxilia of Windham, NH and Paul Krafve of Saugus . Adored great-grandmother of Caroline, Avery, Thiago, Jay and Kalisse. Dear sister of the late Josephine, Nell, Rose, Alphonse, Alice, Albert and Mary. Family and friends will honor Virginia’s life by gathering in Vazza’s “Beechwood” Funeral Home, 262 Beach Street, REVERE on Saturday, September 9th from 8:30am to 9:30am before leaving in procession to St. Anthony’s Church Revere for a Funeral Mass to be celebrated in her honor at 10:00am. Interment will follow in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital – http://www.stjude.org./