Barbara Ann Bonardi

Barbara Ann Bonardi passed away peacefully on May 24, 2023, at age 85. She was born in Norwood, Massachusetts to parents John and Rose Smith. She graduated from Walpole High School where she met the love of her life, Anthony (Tony) Bonardi. Married in 1954, the couple moved to Boynton Beach in 1959, where they raised their family. Barbara worked at Pine Grove Elementary in Delray Beach for 28 years, where she was adored and respected by the faculty and students. Barbara was predeceased by her parents and her brother, James Smith. She was married to Tony Bonardi for 42 years, until his passing in 1996 and her daughter Doreen (Bonardi) Steele in 2012. Barbara leaves behind her children Shirley (Bonardi) Fitzgerald (Matt) of Sugar Land, Texas, and Fred Bonardi (Barbara) of Boynton Beach, Florida. Her grandchildren David (Michelle) Steele, Tony (Stephanie) Steele, Nicole (Paul) Wasko, John (Laura) Fitzgerald, Ryan (Jenna) Fitzgerald, Tony Bonardi and Nicholas Bonardi. Her great-grandchildren, Ellie, Jackson, Sullivan, Luke, Lainey, Leah, and Lauren Steele; Trey, Hudson and Adalyn Wasko, Emma, Caroline, Sophia, and May Fitzgerald.
There will be a Funeral Mass at St. Mark Catholic Church in Boynton Beach at 11:00 AM on Saturday June 17. Barbara will be laid to rest on Saturday June 24 next to her husband, following a Mass at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Walpole, MA at 10:30 AM.
The family thanks Barbara’s caregiver, Jo Anne Dickens, for seven years of patience, kindness, love, and dedication. The family asks in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Alzheimer’s Association
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