Gloria K. “Bunny” Evendoll
Family & friends are invited to attend Memorial Visiting Hours on Friday, August 16th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals, 773 Broadway (Rte. 107) REVERE, for Gloria K. “Bunny” (LoPresti) Evendoll, who passed following a brief illness on Saturday, August 10th at N.E. Tuft’s Medical Center of Boston. A Memorial Funeral Service will be held in the funeral home, following the visitation on Friday, at 7:15 p.m. Interment will be held privately.
Gloria “Bunny” was born in Boston’s West End, attended Boston schools and was a 1950 alumna of Girls’ High of Boston. The family lived in Boston’s West End until moving to East Boston in the fall of 1950. The family remained in East Boston until moving to Revere in 1989, where she lived until her passing. “Bunny”, as she was affectionately known, retired from the Target Store in Revere after 15 years of service. There, she was the supervisor of the “fitting room” and earned the title of “Queen of the Fitting Room”, alluding to her “high command” and constant work ethic.
Daughter of the late Michael LoPresti, Sr. & Anna (Katon) LoPresti, she leaves her devoted son, Michael S. Evendoll & his wife, Jodi A. of Revere. She is the cherished grandmother to Kristen Sheran of East Boston and adopted grandmother to Mathew R. Carr, Daniel J. O’Leary, Krys O’Leary, Joshua O’Leary of Revere, & Kaylene Sheran of East Boston. She is the dear sister of Vincent “Sonny” LoPresti & his wife, Patricia of Stoneham, Anna Todesca & her late husband, Ed of Orient Heights, East Boston & the late Senator Michael LoPresti, Jr. She is also lovingly survived by her sister-in-law, Ann Marie “Candy” LoPresti of East Boston & many caring nieces & nephews.
Gloria also was a long-time member of the Ladies of the Moose – Revere Lodge # 1272, the ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) & the Red Hat Society.