Elvira "Vera" A. Corsetti

Elvira A.“Vera” Corsetti (Gazerro) , 87, of Johnston, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2009 at Rhode Island Hospital. She was the beloved wife of the late Gino Corsetti. Born in Providence, she was the daughter of the late Ernesto and Brigida (Del Sesto) Gazerro.

Vera was a former Jewelry Worker, Homemaker and seamstress who was very handy and could fix anything. She also loved to play cards and was a Patriots and Red Sox fan. She was the beloved mother of Richard Gino Corsetti, Sheila Beliveau and Karen Silva; sister of Joseph Gazerro, Marie Poliquin and Anna Tufano and a loving grandmother of six. She was the mother of the late Richard and Claire Corsetti and the sister of the late Peter and Domenic Gazerro, Jennie Germani, Theresa Ondis and Louisa DeLellis.

VISITATION Wednesday morning from 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. in the MACERONI Funeral Home, 1381 Smith St., North Providence, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Robert Bellarmine Church, Atwood Ave., Johnston. Burial will be in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to St. Robert Bellarmine Food Pantry, 1804 Atwood Ave., Johnston, RI 02919 or to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38015.