Obituary: Barbara ‘Mimi’ Dichello, 83, Of Wallingford

WALLINGFORD, CT — (From Wallingford Funeral Home): Barbara "Mimi" Dichello, 83, passed away peacefully on April 27, 2023. A caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend.

She was born to the late James Dichello and Helen Zemke Dichello of Wallingford, July 5, 1939. She is survived by sisters, Jane Socha and Rosemary Lindauer, beloved daughter, Kimberly Pisani (Kurt Marschner), grandchildren Samantha Caraballo (Angel), Joelle Pisani (Sean Sullivan), Sarah Kritikos (Dimitri), Julia Pisani (Thomas Laudano, Jr.) and Vincent Pisani and her best buddy and great granddaughter Olivia Marie Delucia.

Mimi was a firecracker that was a lifelong, proud Wallingford resident. She was a member of both the Elks Club and Trinity Ladies Club. She lived a life as vibrant as her red hair. She would often be seen up at the casino, at BINGO nights with friends, and driving around town in her Cadillac full of her grandchildren with Cher blasting out of the radio. Her life seemed to make the most sense when she had Kimberly by her side.

We will always remember our "Dancing Queen".

Her family will receive relatives and friends in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 N. Main St. Ext., on Sunday, April 30, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 10 a.m. directly at Most Holy Trinity Church in Wallingford. Interment will follow in St. John Cemetery in Wallingford.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven Health.

For more information and to leave online condolences, visit Wallingford Funeral Home here.