PALINGO, Roberta Rose (Hucksam), of Holbrook, MA passed away peacefully on April 2l, 2009 in Bridgewater, MA after a year long battle with cancer. Roberta was one of 5 children born to the late Harold and Ann Hucksam. She was raised in Holbrook, MA and lived until recently in Braintree, MA before moving to Madison, NH. Roberta will forever be remembered by her husband Anthony ?Tony? Palingo of Madison, NH, her loving children Jeannine Palingo of Braintree, MA, Jennifer Palingo of Raynham, MA, Matthew Palingo and his wife Leanne of Raynham, her siblings Paul Hucksam of Whitman, MA, Katrina Patton of Bridgewater, MA, Lisa Hucksam Kelly of Marshfield, MA, and Eric Hucksam of Marshfield, MA, along with her sister-in-law, Theresa Polvere, her close friends from the ?class of 7l? and countless other relatives and friends. Roberta devoted her life to her family and her children and spent many years as a daycare provider in Braintree, MA before continuing as an employee of Children Unlimited in Conway, NH. Funeral from the MacDonald Funeral Home, l755 Ocean St., Rte, l39, Marshfield, Saturday, April 25 at 9 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in Our Lady of the Assumption Church, corner of Careswell and Canal St., at l0 a.m. Visiting hours Friday 4 to 8 p.m. Interment in Couch Cemetery, Marshfield. The family requests that all donations be sent to Cranberry Hospice, 36 Cordage Park Circle, Plymouth, MA 02360 Or The Lustgarten Foundation for Pancareatic Cancer Research, llll Stewart Ave., Bethpage, NY ll7l4.