Mother of singer Dolores (stage name Reade) Hope and Mildred Malatesta. Mother-in-law of entertainer Bob Hope. She resided with the Hopes in Toluca Lake, California, for many years and died in their home after a long illness, just two days prior to the death of Hope's longtime friend Bing Crosby. She married John Thomas DeFina, of Saratoga, New York, in 1924. At the time of her death she was also survived by sisters Helen Smith of Lomita, California, and Alice Grove of Peapack, New Jersey; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Mother of singer Dolores (stage name Reade) Hope and Mildred Malatesta. Mother-in-law of entertainer Bob Hope. She resided with the Hopes in Toluca Lake, California, for many years and died in their home after a long illness, just two days prior to the death of Hope's longtime friend Bing Crosby. She married John Thomas DeFina, of Saratoga, New York, in 1924. At the time of her death she was also survived by sisters Helen Smith of Lomita, California, and Alice Grove of Peapack, New Jersey; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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