19 December, 2024
Mary Palinkas Grenga, 100, passed away peacefully on Tuesday 12/17/2024 after living a long full life.
She was born on September 19, 1924. She grew up on the family farm which also served as a recovery hospital which is where she met her husband John during WW2. In 1953 John and Mary immigrated to the US being sponsored by the Federated Church of Wellesley. They settled in Ashland, MA. Where they raised their family. After John passed, Mary worked tirelessly to raise her young children and provide for them working at Fenwal Corporation. She would later marry Karl Grenga who also predeceased her.
Mary was an expert baker and everyone asked her to make her famous carrot cake for special events and would look forward to her Christmas cookie platters. She also loved to garden and knit and in her later years loved trips to the casino.
She is lovingly survived by her children; Aranka Ciccarelli of Hopkinton, with whom she lived with. Maggie Dicken and her husband Larry, Stephen Palinkas and his wife Camellia. She is the treasured Mimi to Sandra McGrath, Joanne Martin, Jennifer Merchant, Nichole Palinkas, Peter Dicken, Matt Dicken, Christy Pritchard, John Palinkas and Liz Thieme. She is the great grandmother to 27 and great- great mother to 3. Her family is her legacy and she was everything to them.
She is predeceased by both her husbands, her son John Palinkas and grandsons Joseph and Ed Palinkas.
A funeral service will be celebrated Saturday Dec. 21st at 11:00am in the Chapel of the Matarese Funeral Home, 325 Main St. Ashland, MA with burial to follow in Wildwood Cemetery in Ashland.
In lieu of flowers donations in Mary's name may be made to a charity of your choice.
