Allison Marie Sacco

Barrington, RI - Allison ?Ali? M. Sacco, 16, of 27 Lee Road, Barrington, RI, died December 10, 2003 at home. Born in Boston, MA on July 30, 1987, she was the daughter of Samuel and Ann-Marie Perry Sacco of Barrington, RI. Ali was in her 3rd year at Portsmouth Abbey School, where she was a Dean?s List Student. She was a graduate from St. Luke?s in Barrington, RI. Ali was active in Model UN. Ali won the 2003 Pell International Affairs Essay Contest. She was a member of the field hockey and 2002 JV Co-Captain and basketball teams, and she earned a Varsity Letter in softball. Ali won the State Science Fair when at St. Luke?s and also won Second Place in the International Invention Convention. Besides her parents, she leaves her paternal grandmother Lena Sacco of San Francisco, CA, formerly of Hudson, NY, her maternal grandmother Anne Perry of Worcester, MA, and her sister Libby Sacco of Barrington, RI, an aunt and several uncles and many loving cousins. A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 10:00AM in the Portsmouth Abbey Church, Corys Lane Portsmouth, RI. Burial will follow in Barrington Cemetery on Nyatt Road Barrington, RI. Donations in her memory may be made to the Boston Children?s Heart Foundation, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, Attn: Leslie Smoot, M.D. Cardiology.Arrangements by Connors Funeral Home 55 West Main Road Portsmouth, RI 02871.