Maria G. Sepe

Maria Giovanna Sepe, ninety-two of Cranston, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, with her loving brother Richard and her nephew Michael by her side. She was born in Cranston, Rhode Island on October 1, 1933, the daughter of the late Luke Antonio and Rose (Dorio) Sepe.

Maria is a graduate of Cranston High School. She went on earning her Nursing Degree from Salve Regina College. She spent summers at St. Josephs Hospital completing her Nursing Clinical’s, leading her to a staff position in Pediatrics with the hospital. She graduated from Boston University earning two master’s degrees, one in Maternal and Child Health and the second in Pediatric Teaching. She started her teaching career in the Nursing Program at the Community College of Rhode Island. All this leading to a thirty-year civilian post supporting the United States Navy as a School Nurse and Health Teacher in Naples Italy, that she would call her dream job in a dream location. The only thing that brought her more joy was spending time with her loving family and friends, especially her nieces and nephews. She celebrated life with love and passion, spending time with those she loved, gathering everyone together at Sepe Hollow, preparing great feasts, talking about the old neighborhood, eating delicious food, drinking good wine, playing music, singing songs and celebrating the simple things. She lived a beautiful and vibrant life.

Sepe Hollow will be forever changed with her absence. She will always be missed, never forgotten, and forever loved.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Luke Antonio and Rose Dorio Sepe, her siblings Alexander, Angela, Luke, Regina and her husband John, Edward, and her nephew Luke Teeman.

Maria is survived by her brothers, Albert and his wife Joanne, Richard and Micheal, her sisters-in-law Verna and Sheila, her beloved nieces and nephews Stephen Sepe, Luke Sepe, Matthew Sepe, Rosemarie Sepe-Lacourse, Maria Santopietro, Scott Sepe, David Sepe, Mark Sepe, Christina Sepe, Angela Pouliot, Micheal Sepe and Jeannine Sohn-Cessario, her great nieces and nephews, Alexander Sepe, Luke Sepe III, Christina-Lee Mills, Shannon Brennon, Erin Nascimentos, Kelly Brennan, Ryan Sepe, Christopher and Carson Sepe, Alexander Sohn, Damien and Hunter Cessario, Sara and Jason Sepe, Allessandro, Leonardo and Lillina Sepe, Rose Pouliot and Aubrey Nascimentos, and her great-great nieces Stella Sepe and Aurora Mills.

Her funeral will be held on Saturday, June 13, at 9:00 am from the Nardolillo Funeral Home & Crematory, 1278 Park Ave. Cranston, followed by her Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 am in St. Rocco’s Church, 927 Atwood Ave., Johnston. Burial will take place in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston. VISITING HOURS: Friday 4:00-8:00 pm.