Ada Montecalvo Semple

Ada Montecalvo Semple Born June 25, 1929 - Gone to Heaven July 3, 2016 Ada Montecalvo Semple passed peacefully in her sleep on July 3, 2016, at her home in Palm Beach Gardens, FL. She was born Ada Elizabeth Montecalvo in Providence, RI, on June 25, 1929, to William and Clara Montecalvo and was the first woman in her family to attend college. She met her husband, Parlan Semple, Jr., at Brown University. They married in 1950 and began their careers at Sperry Rand Corporation in California. Parlan went on to work for IBM and Ada stayed home to raise their four children. They settled in Kensington, MD, in 1962. After her youngest became a teenager, Ada began a career as a math teacher starting at Sligo Junior High then Woodward High School, before moving to Florida where she finished her teaching career at Palm Beach Gardens High School. Ada dedicated the next 17 years of her life to the fulltime care of her husband, Parlan, who suffered from Altzheimer's disease. After Parlan's passing, Ada made new friends in the Palm Beach Gardens area and had as her constant companion Cleo, her beloved toy poodle. She was always upbeat, positive, thinking the best of others, generous, compassionate, and family-oriented. Ada Montecalvo Semple, preceded in death by parents William and Clara Montecalvo, sister Inez Montecalvo, and loving husband Parlan Semple, Jr., is survived by her brother-in-law David Rollason and her children's families: daughter Elizabeth Semple (partner Robert) and grandson Peter Ferrigan (wife Justine); son Bruce Semple (wife Patricia) and grandchildren Timothy, Megan, Benjamin (wife Bethanie); son William Semple (wife D'Lu), grandson Billy, granddaughter Heather (husband Nick Kinsman) and great-grandchildren Brock, Chloe, Audrey; son Bryan Semple (wife Laura) and grandchildren Zachary, Katie, Spencer. Her death is also mourned by surviving cousins Myrna DeLonga, Jay DeLonga, David DeLonga, Wayne DeLonga, Rena Correia, and Roland Vitullo (wife Robin); nieces and nephews Maura Callaway, Leslie Butler, Amy Feran, David Rollason, Jr., and Louise Daniels. Ada Semple left a mark on our hearts and our prayers is that she is now with Parlan in heaven. There will be a funeral mass to celebrate her life at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Church, 9999 North Military Trail, Palm Beach Gardens, Fl, on Thursday July 7, 2016, at 2 P.M. Interment to be at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

Ada Montecalvo Semple

June 25, 1929 - July 3, 2016