Obit:       Domenica (Fornabi) Ducharme Bartolucci, Obituary,  Sept. 18, 2001
Source:  Journal Inquirer
         Manchester, CT (issue Sept. 21, 2001)
Submitter:   ABishop, October 2001



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BARTOLUCCI



Domenica "Minnie" (Fornabi) Ducharme Bartolucci, 92, of Wethersfield, was called 

to heaven in her sleep on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2001.



As the last surviving member of her immediate family, she was predeceased by three 

brothers, Christopher, Michael, and Anthony; and sister, Josephine. Minnie is survived 

by two daughters and sons-in-law, Marion (Ducharme) and Albin Turnberg of Springfield 

and Estelle (Ducharme) and Daniel McNamara of Windsor Locks; and a son, George Ducharme 

of Wethersfield, with whom she made her home. A son, James, and a daughter, Amelia, 

predeceased her. Minnie, the matriarch of a five-generation family, leaves 11 grandchildren; 

15 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.



Born on Feb. 8, 1909, she was a native of Hartford's Front Street, and attended Brown School. 

She was employed at Fuller Brush Company, and was a retired employee of Travelers Insurance 

Company. She was a member of the Corpus Christi Women's Club and volunteered as a Friendly 

Visitor for the town of Wethersfield. She surrounded herself with family and friends as 

often as she could and in doing so brightened their lives. As a testament to her strength 

and devotion to her family, in the last few months of her life she attended a daughter's 

50th wedding anniversary, a granddaughter's 25th anniversary, a great-granddaughter's 

wedding, and a great-great-grandson's First Holy Communion. Minnie's wholehearted devotion 

to her family was secondary only to her love of God. Whether she was known as Minnie, Mama, 

Mom, Gram, Nana, or Little Nina, she would make you giggle with her feisty Italian sense of 

humor, or melt your heart with her angelic smile. Minnie believed that "Love makes the world

go round" and practiced it every day of her life.



A funeral service will be held at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 

277 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at 

Corpus Christi Church, 601 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield. Burial will be in Mount St. 

Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield.



Calling hours will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at the funeral home.



In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Minnie F. Bartolucci Scholarship 

Fund, 51 Oakdale St., Wethersfield, CT 06109.


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