Roberta Perotti

Holyoke – Roberta (Quagliaroli) Perotti, 85, of Holyoke, passed away peacefully on Monday October 7, 2024, at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. She was born May 19, 1939, in Hartford, CT, the daughter of Joseph and Katherine (Castellini) Quagliaroli. Roberta graduated from Windsor Locks, CT High School and received her associate’s degree from Holyoke Community College. She married Frank Perotti on October 21, 1961, and together they shared 62 years of marriage.
In earlier years, Roberta was employed as a Private Secretary to the Assistant Vice President of Group Annuities at Aetna Insurance. Once Roberta and Frank started a family, she became a wonderful stay at home mom and homemaker. Roberta spent many years volunteering at a local nursing home as well as volunteering and gardening at the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke.
She is survived by her loving and devoted husband, Frank Perotti of Holyoke; her son, Mark Joseph Perotti and his wife Laurie of Wakefield, RI; daughter, Kelly-Anne Perotti of Auburn, MA and two adored grandsons, William and Henry. She was predeceased by her brother, Robert Quagliaroli.
A private graveside service will be held in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Windsor Locks, CT. There are no calling hours. Memorial donations may be made in Roberta’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, Tennessee 38105. To leave an online expression of sympathy for the family, please visit www.messierfuneralhome.com