Theresa  M. (Silva) Gonzalo – 95, of North Reading and formerly of  Cambridge, died on Monday, April 14, 2025, at the Holy Family Hospital in Methuen. She was the beloved wife of 72 years to the late Donald F. Gonzalo.

Born in Cambridge, MA on October 2, 1929. She was the daughter of the late Serafin and Ollie Silva.

Theresa worked as a Teacher’s Aide for the North Reading Public Schools, at the Murphy and Hood Schools for many years. She also worked for Schraffts in Charlestown.

Theresa loved to sew, crochet, make doll clothes, reupholster furniture and she loved to bake. She especially loved to take her grandchildren to her vacation home on Alton Bay.

Family members include her son, Robert Gonzalo; daughters, Donna DeMarco and her husband Charles and Terry Longo Gaffney; 5 grandchildren, Bill Longo, Dave Longo, Stephanie DeMarco, Michael DeMarco and Nicole Abruzzese; 14 great grandchildren, Will, George, Chloe, Jack, Chris and Angela Longo, Sonny Fitzgerald, Evan Abruzzese, Cody and Marielle Finn, Aria and Octavia DeMarco, Gabriel Medina and Camren Carson.

Her funeral will be held on Wednesday, April 23,  9:15 AM, from the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading, followed by a 10:30 AM Funeral Mass at St. Theresa’s Church, 63 Winter Street, North Reading. Calling hours will be held on Tuesday, April 22 from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. Interment will be in Riverside Cemetery in North Reading.

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