HILLSBORO, NH:  Irene C. (Buono) Rose 78, of Hillsboro, NH.  The angels came for Irene on January 10, 2017. 

She was born in Boston, MA on August 17, 1938 to the late Carlo M. and Eleanor (Sullo) Buono. 

She worked for many years at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA, before her retirement. 

Irene was survived by her siblings Joseph Buono, Lorraine Lepore and Loretta Lane, and also her loving husband Richard H. Rose, her sons and their wives Steven and Maria Rose, Kenneth Rose and Jo Jo Kwong, her son Richard C. Rose, and her beautiful daughter Valerie de La Ruffie and her husband Vincent de La Ruffie. 

Irene will be especially missed by her adoring grandchildren Cirilia Rose, Vincent Rose, Layla Rose, Irena Rose and Richie Rose. She was most happy when she was with her family. She dedicated her life to her kids and their children. She was the heartbeat of her family and she will live on in all our hearts forever.  If there is a heaven for Nanas, we know she is already there. 

Calling Hours will be held Monday, January 16, 2017 from 2-4 pm in the Holt-Woodbury Funeral Home & Cremation Service 32 school St Hillsboro, NH. 

Burial will be at a later date. 

Donations may be made in her name to the C.R.V.N.A. Hospice House 30 Pillsbury St Concord NH 03302.