Adella Paci Chiarelli, 85, of Howard Avenue, Brownsville (Malden), died Monday, April 20, 1998, in Health Alliance, Leominster, Mass. She was a member of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church of Daisytown. She was a cook in Paci's Restaurant in Malden for many years and was a lifelong resident of the Malden-Daisytown area. Surviving are two sons, Egidio Chiarelli of Leominster, Mass., and Attilio Chiarelli of Wesley Chapel, Fla.; three daughters, Vinczina Zellar of Valparaiso, Ind., and Gloria Cosimi and Deanna Olson, both of Leominster, Mass.; 11 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Angelina Raitano of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Chesidia Tropia of Phoenix, Ariz., and Jean Grecco of West Islip, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are her husband, Olimpio Chiarelli, who died in 1987; three brothers, Andrew, Albert and Anthony "Tony" Paci; and two sisters, Edith Mizerak and Domenica "Minnie" Polidori. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Wednesday, April 22, 1998Adella Chiarelli
Member of St. Mary Roman Catholic Church
She was born August 22, 1912, in Daisytown, a daughter of Attilio and Madeline Petrucci Paci.