Maria (Tisa) Rizzo

Maria Rizzo of Everett passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on April 5, 2025. She was 91 years old. Born in Pietraperzia, Sicily, Italy, she was the beloved daughter of the late Antonina (Sciolino) and Giuseppe Tisa. A long-time resident of Everett, she worked as a seamstress in the garment industry prior to her retirement. 

She was the devoted wife of the late Salvatore Rizzo and the loving mother of Rosario Mario Rizzo and his wife Andrea of Stow, Maria Ronga and her husband Michael of Pelham, New Hampshire and the late Rosario Giuseppe Rizzo. Cherished grandmother of Francesca Dell'Erba and her husband Christopher, Giulia Louissaint and her husband Christopher and Daniela Ronga. Great grandmother of George, Oliver and Melina.

Family and friends are cordially invited to attend the visitation from the funeral home on Thursday, April 10, 2025 from 9:00 to 10:30 AM followed by a funeral mass in the Immaculate Conception Church 487 Broadway, Everett at 11:00 AM. Services will conclude with the interment in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Heart Association at www.heart.org. 

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