Judith Aileen Raparelli

Judith Aileen Palmisano-Raparelli (née SillettI), 79, of Raleigh, North Carolina passed away in the early morning of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022. Judi (with an ‘i’) was born in Jersey City, New Jersey to Ralph and Frances Silletti. She grew up in Ridgefield. She is survived by her younger sister, Linda, and brother-in-law, Frank Sepulveres, of Midland Park, New Jersey. DoDo, as she was known by her grandchildren, married her Ridgefield High School sweetheart, John Palmisano. They moved to Bogota, then to Franklin Lakes, with their two children, Dina and John. She went on to marry Carl Raparelli and moved to West New York then Tuckerton to be near her parents. She and Carl would often go to Atlantic City, meeting her father, Pop-Pop (as he was known to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren), where they knew almost everyone there. She would stop and talk to everyone, employees and strangers alike, and eventually knew everything about them. She loved playing cards with her sister, games with her children and grandchildren, and Mahjong with her friends. She also enjoyed teaching Mahjong to new friends - whether she actually knew the rules or not didn’t matter. After Carl’s passing, she moved to Raleigh, North Carolina to be closer to her daughter, Dina, along with her husband David Wolstromer and six grandchildren: Bryan, Emily, Jillian, Heather, Lita and Lex. She loved nothing more than spending time with her family, especially around the holidays. She was always thinking of her friends and family and kept track of every important (and not so important) event in their lives. Every year, she would rewrite it all on her new calendar, usually a personalized calendar created by her son-in-law. And if she found something in a newspaper or magazine that she thought may interest someone she loved, she would cut it out. Whenever you saw her, she had dozens…and dozens…of stories for you. She was friendly with everyone she met, some would say “too friendly” with her doctors in her later single years. But she always left everyone with a smile. A memorial will be held at her apartment complex, Capital Oaks Retirement, 6498 Ray Road, Raleigh, NC 27613 on Monday, January 23 at 1:30 pm

Judith Aileen Raparelli

November 12, 1943 - December 24, 2022