BILLERICA, Mass. — Erminia Chorzempa Lichota, 97, of Billerica, Mass., formerly of Wilton, passed Saturday, July 14, 2018, at the Life Care Center of Merrimack Valley.

She was born Nov. 23, 1920, in Wilton, a daughter of John and Rosie (Tworek) Chorzempa. She was a graduate of Wilton Academy who on Feb. 15, 1947, married Walter A. Lichota in Wilton. She was employed at the G.H. Bass Shoe Co. in Wilton, and later studied at Bay Path Institute, where she learned bookkeeping. She was employed at Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. in Brooklyn, New York.

She was a member of the National DAV Auxiliary. She was a devoted wife and mother, and was an accomplished seamstress and cook.

She is loved by her husband, Walter Anthony Lichota, and their son, Randall Walter Lichota, both of Billerica, Mass., and a sister, Fernanda Giusti, of Connecticut.

Erminia C. Lichota