Bernadette G. Prestly

Pawtucket – Bernadette G. (Cole) Prestly, 94, passed away on Monday, November 1, 2021.

She was the beloved wife of the late Francis C.

Born in Pawtucket, she was a daughter of the late Lawrence B., Sr. and Eva A. (Messier) Cole.

Bernadette worked at Providence Metallizing Corporation in Pawtucket for many years until her retirement.

Above all she was a devoted and loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, who enjoyed caring for her family.

Bernadette leaves a son, Francis “Mickey” C.

Prestly, Jr. and his wife, Betty, of Pawtucket; a daughter, Deborah A.

Tobin and her husband, Robert, of Myrtle Beach, SC; a sister, Theresa Lefebvre-Webber; sixteen grandchildren; thirty-eight great-grandchildren; twenty-three great-great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was the mother of the late Lillian Parrillo, Linda Turcotte and Thomas Prestly, and the sister of the late Lawrence Cole, Jr., Roy Cole, Edward Cole, Rolly Cole, Bobby Cole, Ronnie Murray and Madeline Issler.

VISITATION will be held on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at WILLIAM W.

TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket.

Burial at Mount Saint Mary Cemetery will be private.