Dolores A. Zamparo

Dolores Ann (Corso) Zamparo passed away peacefully on December 6, 2024, at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Philadelphia, PA on April 12,1933, she was predeceased by her parents Augusta (Gould) and Joseph Corso, her sister Rachel Allen and brother Dr. Salvatore Corso. Dolores graduated from Girls’ High (Philadelphia High School for Girls) and Drexel Institute of Technology (Drexel University), where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha and the Newman Club. After her marriage in 1955, she moved to Detroit working for the Burroughs Corporation where she taught the use of its adding machine, Chrysler Institute of Technology’s Department of Color Styling where she performed statistical analysis and Sterling Heights Assembly Plant as a business coordinator and author of its employee procedure handbook. Her professional career centered on her employment as an executive administrator and bookkeeper for her husband’s consulting business that she helped build and operate for over 40 years. Throughout her life, Dolores committed herself to volunteer work for the Hospital of St. Raphael Auxiliary (YNHH Auxiliary), for 27 years where she served in a variety of roles including chair and co-chair of the Scholarship Committee providing scholarships to eligible New Haven County students pursuing postsecondary degrees in the medical and allied health fields. She volunteered on various committees at her churches, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and St. Joan of Arc in Hamden, CT, including the Church Council and Women’s Guild. She consistently supported and advocated for St. Anthony’s Children’s Home in Kingston, Jamaica. Known for her attention to detail, Dolores devoted herself to her family and sustained relationships with those she loved. She thrived on warm hospitality and her steadfast Catholic faith. She had a great mind and memory, was an exceptional project manager and planner and exercised her keen intuition, often instinctively reaching out to a family member in need. Throughout this past year especially, she exhibited tremendous strength and courage as she faced her husband’s health challenges and those of her own. Dolores is survived by her loving husband of 69 years, O. John Zamparo, daughters Jill Zamparo, Joyce Hunter (Philip Lomenzo), Janet Zamparo (David Childs), Joann Zamparo (Robert Rimmer); three granddaughters, Julie, Lena and Josephine; four nieces, Karen (Michael) Holveck, Connie (Edward) Stewart, Lorraine Kline, and Mary Jo (Cory) Doyen; beloved cousins; and dear and caring friends and neighbors. Visitation will be held at Sisk Brothers Funeral Home, 3105 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518, on Wednesday, December 11th from 4 to 6 pm, and a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Paul VI Parish/ Our Lady of Mt. Carmel on Thursday, December 12th at 10 am, followed by interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Dolores’s name can be made to Yale New Haven Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510, or by contacting auxiliary@ynhh.org.

Dolores A. Zamparo

April 12, 1933 - December 6, 2024