Rose Perrero

HELPER - Rose Perrero, 93, died March 24, 2011. She was a member of Saint Anthony of Padua Parish.

Perrero was born Feb. 19, 1918, in Helper to Francesco and Antonina Neroni Scavo. She married Tom Perrero, on Feb. 16, 1936. Together they shared 70 years of companionship until Tom's passing in 2006.

She was a life-long resident of Helper who dedicated her life in service to St. Anthony of Padua Parish, and to her community. She was a member of St. Anthony's Altar Society for more than 70 years, and held all offices more than once. She was chairman of the funeral dinner committee for numerous years until her retirement. She was a hostess at Mama Mia spaghetti dinners and St. Anthony's carnival dinners, operated the candy booth, was ticket chairman for St. Anthony's card parties, and helped organize St. Anthony's Sewing Circle. She was a former St. Anthony's Woman of the Year, and was a long-standing member of the DCCW board of directors.

Perrero was past president of Helper Women's Club, volunteered at the Red Cross Blood Bank for 35 years, served as judge of election and voting registration agent. She helped with exhibits at the Carbon County Fair, and was a former member of the Castle Country Quilting Guild. She was an expert seamstress who liked to crochet and quilt. She cherished spending time with her family and enjoyed being a homemaker and hostess. She will be remembered for making wonderful Italian specialties, loving the color pink, dancing with Tom, and reminding everyone to wash their hands.

She is survived by her son, Tom, Jr.; daughter, Bernadette (Tom) Paluso; granddaughters, Monica Perrero, Tiffany (Lin) Hsu, Kim (Frank) Compagni, Nicole Paluso (Kyle) Keller; eight great-grand-children; sisters-in-law, Elsie Perrero and Mary Scavo.

A funeral Mass was celebrated at Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church. Committal was in Mt. View Cemetery in Helper.