Keohane Funeral Home

Sylvia B. (Miller) Gelsomini, a longtime resident of North Quincy, died peacefully on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at the Pat Roche Hospice Home in Hingham. She was 78 years old.

The daughter of the late Norman and Elsie E. (Dalrymple) Miller, Sylvia was raised in Waltham, and graduated from Waltham High School with the Class of 1958. She was a member of the National Honor Society.

In her younger years, Sylvia was an active member of her community. She was a volunteer with the South Shore Camp Fire Girls, the Boy Scouts of America, and Quincy Public Schools. Sylvia enjoyed traveling, gardening, bowling, and solving crossword puzzles. She enjoyed seeing the world with her husband and family, and shared many excursions with her sister.

When Sylvia’s children were in high school, she returned to the workforce at South Shore Bank. After 22 years of service, she retired as a head teller in 2002. During her time at the bank, she enrolled in the New England Banking Institute at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She proudly earned her associate’s degree in banking, graduating in 1992.

Family was the most important thing to Sylvia. She loved her children and grandchildren above all else, and was always there for them. Her love, selflessness, and example are her legacy that continue through her children and grandchildren. She will be missed by all the lives she touched. 

Sylvia was the beloved wife of the late Joseph A. Gelsomini. The two married on December 21, 1963 at St. John’s in Quincy. Together they shared 37 years of loving marriage. Sylvia was a devoted mother and is survived by Andrea Marcucci and her husband Louis of Marshfield, Nick Gelsomini and his wife Pamela of Wrentham, and Donna M. Coppola and her husband Philip of Andover. She was the loving grandmother of Captain Joseph V. Bomar, USAF, of Weymouth, Andrew M. and Laura N. Gelsomini, both of Wrentham, and Gio D. Coppola of Andover. Sylvia is also survived by her dear sister, Lorraine Tucker of Mashpee, as well as many loving nieces, nephews, extended family members and friends. 

Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend the visiting hours on Monday, August 5th 4-7 PM in the Keohane Funeral Home, 785 Hancock St., Quincy. Her funeral service will be celebrated on Monday, August 5th at 7 PM in Keohane Funeral Home, Quincy. Interment is private. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in gratitude to Brigham and Women’s Hospital to support cancer research. Memorial gifts can be made online at www.bwhgiving.org or checks can be may payable to Brigham and Women’s Hospital with “in memory of Sylvia Gelsomini” in the memo line and sent to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Development Office, 116 Huntington Ave., 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02116.