Robin A Ferrini

Robin Ferrini, 64, passed away quietly in her sleep in the early hours of October 22, in her home in Canton. Having battled ovarian cancer for three-and-a-half years, her condition recently took a turn for the worse and her death was unexpectedly sudden.

Robin grew up in Brockton—and always had a special place in her heart for the City of Champions.

She graduated from Bridgewater State University with a  degree in psychology—and then used that expertise to lead a successful forty-plus year career in advertising and marketing, working in TV and direct mail.

Thirty-five years ago she met a client—Bernie Mendillo—and they began to date and eventually were married—eloping to Rome. Robin and Bernie have two children, Benjamin and Bella. Robin has also had a long and loving relationship with her two step-children: Hollie, and her husband Joe, and Christopher, and his wife Irina.

Robin is also survived by her parents, Joe and Jackie Ferrini; her sister Cindy and her husband Mike, her brother Joey and his wife Gina, and her brother David and his wife Deana.

She has many nieces and nephews and five grandchildren. But—never wanting to be called “Grandma,” she convinced the children to address her as “Robin A. Ferrini.”

Robin was known everywhere for her good taste, her flair for style, her witty conversations, her love of music—most notably Frank Sinatra. She was the paragon of hospitality—both at home and at other people’s events. Most of all—what will be greatly missed—was her warm character and personality.

Robin loved her huge extended family—ranging from blood relatives to people she’d meet in the check-out lane in Wegmans. At the drop of a hat, she’d solve their problems, find them jobs and bake them a lemon cake.

She had many lifelong friends—going back to first grade. And she had a very wide circle of friends from Canton and from her career.

She lived life as hard as she could and was never content to settle.

A Reception for Robin will be held on her birthday, Sunday, December 1, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m., at the Fuller Craft Museum on 455 Oak Street, Brockton, Massachusetts. There is ample parking on site. Refreshments will be served. At 2:30 p.m., there will be a brief presentation. 

In lieu of flowers, donations could be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute or to WGBH radio.

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