In Memory of

Genoveva

Bonica

(Cantero)

Obituary for Genoveva Bonica (Cantero)

GENOVEVA (CANTERA) BONICA ,

Of Needham, formally of West Newton. Passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020 after a long illness. She was 92.

Born in Argentina, Mrs. Bonica immigrated to the United States in 1957 settling in West Newton where she had resided until moving to Needham in 2013.

She was a longtime communicant of Saint Bernard Parish in West Newton.

Mrs. Bonica was predeceased by her husband Antonio Bonica and her daughter Marta Santamaria.

She is survived by her granddaughter, Cristina Santamaria of Needham, her grandson, Serge Santamaria of New Yrok City and her great granddaughters, Emilia, Liliana and Giuliana Hess. She is also survived by her extended family in Argentina.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday morning at 9AM from the Brasco and Sons Memorial, 773 Moody Street, WALTHAM, with a Mass of Christian Burial in celebration of her life at Saint Bernard Church, Washington Street, West Newton at 10AM. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Entombment will follow in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge. Visitation will be held in the funeral home Tuesday from 4-7PM. For those who wish donations in Genoveva’s memory may be made to the “Jog Your Memory 5K” at www.jogyourmemory5k.org supporting Alzheimer’s Disease research. Parking attendants on duty.

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