Donna M Cappabianca

Donna (Kapusta) Cappabianca, 74, died peacefully at her home on Friday October 15, 2021.  Donna leaves her beloved husband of 52 years Joseph J. Cappabianca Jr., her daughter, Kimberly Bembenek and her husband Joseph of Jefferson, MA, her son, Joseph J.  Cappabianca III of Jefferson, and her daughter, Kelly Eagan,and her husband David Jr. of West Boylson.  Donna, also known as “Grammy”, leaves her 7 grandchildren, Brady, Joseph, Riley, Vincent, Julia, Ava and David. She also leaves her brother Michael Kapusta Jr. and his wife Rose of Cranston Rhode Island. Donna also leaves several brothers and sisters in law and many nieces and nephews, cousins and her Great Uncle Dick and Aunt Rita Sharameta.  Donna is predeceased by her parents Michael and Helen Kapusta, her mother and father in law Joseph and Julia Cappabianca and her brothers in law Pasquale and Paul Cappabianca and her sister in law Estelle Cappabianca. 

Donna beat her pulmonary hypertension diagnosis and her family couldn’t be prouder of how hard she fought to stay with them. A very special thank you to Dr. Mary Jo Farmer who cared for Donna throughout her long illness, and to Dr. Stephen Smith, who not only cared for her, but made many visits to her home providing personal care that the family is so grateful for.

Donna grew up in Worcester and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy. She began working right out of high school. She married her high school sweetheart, Joe in 1969 and started a family 11 months later. She was a stay-at-home mom until her children were in their teens.  She went to work at the Town of West Boylston Treasurer's office, later at Van Scoy Diamond Mine in Natick, Sani Mate Supply as part of their customer service team and retired as a Company secretary from Spencer Technologies.  Donna took much pride in her work at home and at the companies that employed her. 

Donna enjoyed nothing more than hosting family holidays and parties. She would always say it was hard work to host, but loved to see her family together laughing even when the amount of people seemed to overcome her home.   When she didn’t host, she could be found doing most, if not all of the cooking for events at her children’s homes.  She enjoyed vacationing in Cape Cod, Wells and York Maine, and most recently Lake George, New York with her husband, children, and grandchildren   Donna and her husband loved visiting Las Vegas, enjoyed going out for breakfast, trips to the casino and visiting Saratoga Springs, and weekends in Cape Cod, Maine, and Atlantic City.  They traveled to Florida for part of the winter for the past several years and enjoyed the company of Donna’s brother Michael and his wife Rose.  

Donna's greatest blessing were her 7 grandchildren; they were her pride and joy.  Donna could often be found at the soccer field, baseball field, football field or basketball court cheering on her grandchildren with her husband Joe. She often spent her Saturdays and Sundays attending 6 plus games on any given weekend with Joe. Donna will be greatly missed by her family and friends

Funeral services for Donna will be held on Thursday October 21, 2021, beginning with calling hours from 9-10:30am at the MERCADANTE FUNERAL HOME AND CHAPEL 370 Plantation St. Worcester, Ma 01605, with a procession to Our Lady Of Good Council 111 Worcester St. West Boylston, Ma 01583 for an 11am Mass.  Burial will follow at Mt Vernon Cemetery West Boylston. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations maybe made in Donna’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Hospital atwww.stjude.org

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