Marie Laudati D’Avanzo ’43

Marie Laudati D’Avanzo ’43, of Wilmington, N.C., formerly of Cranston, R.I.; Dec. 5. A retired elementary school librarian for the Cranston school district, she was an avid golfer, tennis player, and bowler who won numerous local duckpin bowling championships. She enjoyed summers with family and friends at her beach house in Matunuck, R.I. She is survived by her husband, Donald; two daughters; a son, Donald ’73; four grandchildren; a sister, Elaine Laudati Regine ’45; nieces Phyllis Cox ’65 and Kimberleigh Cox ’90; and nephew Louis Regine ’73.