Angela (Ternek) Ottariano-Pulselli

Angela (Ternek) Ottariano-Pulselli, of Stoneham, passed away peacefully on Monday May 5th, 2025 with her family by her side.

Angela was born in Ljutomer, Slovenia. During the war, Angela left her home for Frankfort, Germany, there she met Nicholas Ottariano, who was serving in the army.  Nicholas and Angela married in Germany.  She arrived in the United States by boat and entered through Ellis Island, New York.

Angela and Nicholas raised their family in Stoneham.  She worked at Gilchrist’s Department Store and Rapid Liquors in Stoneham.  She was a member of St Patrick’s Church in Stoneham.

Nicholas and Angela spent 45 years together.  After Nicholas passed, years later she met and married Salvatore Pulselli. The couple spent 15 years together.

She is the loving mother of Joseph Ottariano and Ann Walsh and her husband William. Cherished grandmother of Nicole Geddes and her husband James, Christine Mana and her husband Nassim, Mark Bruno and his wife Jamie and Jeff Bruno. 

Great grandmother of Allison and Megan Geddes, Sophia and Camellia Mana, Nicholas and Giovanna Bruno.

Nephew Juergen Heliger of Cologne, Germany.  Niece Mary Figuerllo of Las Vegas, Nevada.  

Family and friends are kindly invited to a Funeral Mass Celebrating Angela's Eternal Life on Tuesday May 13, 2025 at St. Patrick’s Church 71 Central St. Stoneham at 10 am. Interment will take place in Lindenwood Cemetery, Stoneham.

Family would like to thank the staff at Windsor Place of Wilmington, Care Dimensions Hospice, and Aberdeen Home Care.

Please consider donations in memory of Angela to Care Dimensions Hospice by visiting https://www.caredimensions.org/