Margaret Prelli

WINSTED — Margaret “Peggy†Prelli, 96, formerly of 9 Gay St. and Great Barrington, Mass., died Nov. 21, 2008, at Laurel Hill Healthcare Center in Winsted, following a lengthy illness. She was the widow of Peter I. Prelli, who died in 1974.

Born in Craveggia, Italy, Dec. 15, 1911, she was the daughter of Anunziata (Ruschetti) and Enrico Guerra. She immigrated with her family to Interlaken, part of Stockbridge, Mass., in 1919. She and her family then went to Hill, Calif., where her stepfather worked in a logging camp and Peggy started school.  After school they made their way back east and Peggy went to work in Barrington Mills in Great Barrington, making sheets and pillowcases, and became floor lady.  After her marriage to Peter, Peggy spent her remaining years in Winsted raising her family.

During World War II, she was a volunteer for the Red Cross. In later years she loved reading books.

Survivors include her son, Peter Jr. and his wife, Gloria, of Great Barrington; sisters Pia Cottini of Alaska, Zita Borgnis of Italy and Alma Bill of Waterbury; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. She was predeceased by a son, John Prelli, in 1981.  

Funeral services were held Nov. 26 from Maloney Funeral Home to St. Joseph Church, Winsted.

Memorial donations may be made to the Foothills Visiting Nurse and Home Care for Hospice, 32 Union St., Winsted, CT 06098 or to St. Anthony School, in care of St. Joseph Church, PO Box 808, Winsted, CT 06098. To leave an online condolence, visit maloneyfuneral.com.