Carmela "Millie" Cilani (nee Iacoviello) passed away peacefully on August 27, 2024, in Marlborough, MA at age 95.  Born in Revere, she was raised in Chelsea and was a graduate of Chelsea High School.  In 1947, she married her childhood sweetheart, Marino.  She was devastated by his early death in 1969. In 1976, she moved to Arizona and spent most of her life there, moving her last 10 months back to Massachusetts.

Millie, the beloved matriarch of her family, was known for her love of gardening, playing bingo, and spending joyful times at the casinos.  Above all, her greatest joy was being surrounded by her grandchildren, whom she adored immensely.  After moving to Massachusetts, Millie found pleasure in bird watching.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Marino J. Tiberi and Salvatore Cilani, her son, John M. Tiberi, her grandson, Elliott Fama, and her great granddaughter, Kendra Jade.  Millie is survived by her sister, Helena Yannetti; daughters, Jane Fama and her husband, Thomas, and Barbara Allen; her grandsons, Ryan, Christopher, and John Noseworthy; her granddaughter, Jessica Noseworthy; and her great-grandchildren, Taylor, Tabitha, KaiLee, Sadie, J.T., Kaiden, Remy, and Camren Noseworthy.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:  On September 4, relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend visiting hours from 9:30 – 11:30 AM at the Carafa Family Funeral Home, 389 Washington Ave., CHELSEA, MA, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at the Blessed Mother of the Morning Star Parish/Our Lady of Grace Church, 59 Nichols Street, CHELSEA at 12:00 PM. Interment to follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA.

We encourage family and friends to visit carafafuneralhome.com to offer condolences by means of the online guest book or to send a personalized sympathy card.