Maria B. Aresco of Cromwell CT, passed away on November 12, 2013, in the Palliative Care / Hospice Care unit at Middlesex Hospital amongst her family members. Born in 1922 to Giuseppe and Sudano Concetta Bongiovanni in Sortino Sicily, Maria was the youngest of seven girls. She was educated in Italy and became a school teacher there. In 1955 she married Carmelo A. Aresco of Middletown Connecticut in Sortino then came to America on the Andrea Doria. After having two children the young family moved to Cromwell CT in 1958 and had two more children as well as fostering two children. After her children were grown, Maria worked for many years as a nurses aide at the Cromwell Crest Convalescence Home. She worked well into her 70s, due to her compassion for the patients and residents, before finally retiring. Maria leaves behind four children, five grandchildren, a great grandchild, and a foster daughter that is considered one of her own. A funeral mass will be held at Saint Sebastian Church, 155 Washington St., Middletown CT, at 10AM, Wednesday, November 20, before being laid to rest beside her husband at Saint Sebastians Cemetery.