1944 - 2025
A graduate of Framingham High School, Brenda later earned a certificate for her LPN from Assabet Valley in 1989. She devoted nearly three decades to caring for others as an LPN at Saint Patrick’s Manor in Framingham. In her earlier years, she was active in Girl Scouts and also served as a CCD teacher at Saint John the Evangelist Church in Hopkinton. Brenda enjoyed sewing and quilting at the Senior Center and loved to travel, particularly spending winters in Hawaii.
Brenda is survived by her children, Debra Davis and her husband, Scott, of Whitinsville, Kristine Sulfaro and her partner Nicholas Rowe, of Laconia, New Hampshire, Karen Halloran and her husband, William, of Grafton, and John B. Sulfaro of Leicester. She also leaves behind her siblings, James Neri and his wife, Susan, of West Brookfield, Mary Munger of Charlton, Joseph Neri and his wife, Diane, of Lake Placid, FL, Barbara Talvy and her husband, Andy, of Ashland, Patricia Bendiak of Westboro, Philp Neri of Framingham, along with 8 grandchildren, 2 great-grandchildren, and many cherished friends.
Family and friends may pay their respects during visitation on Friday, December 5th, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Chesmore Funeral Home of Hopkinton, 57 Hayden Rowe St. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, December 6th, at 10:00 a.m. at Saint John the Evangelist Church in Hopkinton, with interment held privately. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Dana Farber Cancer Institute, dana-farber.org PO Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284.
