Delia J.

(Mallet) Connors

Delia passed away on Monday June 26 ^th after a brief illness with her caring loving family at her side and in the peaceful surroundings of her home. She was 75 years of age. Born and raised in Chelsea she was a daughter of the late Ernest J. and Laura B. (Arsenault) Mallet. Delia attended local schools and graduated from Chelsea High School in 1960. She married John J. "Jack" Connors and together they raised their own family of three in Chelsea.  A devoted housewife and mother Delia also worked outside of her home. She worked as a data processing clerk at the Winthrop Community Hospital and was later employed at Chelsea City Hall working for 13 years as a principle clerk in the city Treasurers Office. She retired in 2009. In her lifetime Delia enjoyed arts and crafts, sewing, creating and sewing Halloween costumes for her children. She enjoyed working in ceramics, shopping and browsing through Flea Markets and collecting "Teddy Bears", but she mostly enjoyed and loved her time with family and her grandchildren. She was the beloved wife of 56 years to John J. "Jack" Connors. Devoted mother of Paulette Velastegui, Juliann Boesch and her husband Roberto and Robert Connors and his wife Deborah all of Chelsea. Cherished grandmother of Timothy Velastegui, Daniel Velastegui, Kaitlyn Jessee, Christina Boesch, Robert Michael Connors, Rebecca Connors and Rileigh Connors. Dear sister of Theresa Roberts of Saugus and the late Ernest Mallet and Rosemarie Cardarelli.

ARRANGEMENTS: Funeral from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Friday June 30 ^th , at 9:30 A.M. Followed by a Funeral Mass at Our Lady of Grace Church 59 Nichols St. Chelsea at 10:30 A.M. Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Thursday from 4 - 8 P.M.  Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.

DONATIONS: Should friends desire, contributions in her memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Assoc. MA/NH Office, 309 Waverly Oaks Road, Waltham, MA 02452.