Lila Charmaine Voss Graffagnini, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana for the past 15 years , passed away Wednesday, May 6th 2020. She was preceded in death by her mother Francis Rita Pompenella Voss Calhoun and her father James Fredrick Voss. She leaves behind her loving husband, William Anthony Graffagnini, Jr. of 50 years and her daughters, Monica Ann Graffagnini and Alyssa Beth Graffagnini Tomillo (Thomas Frank Tomillo, Jr.). Sorrowfully, she also leaves behind her 6 loving grandchildren, Mia Angelina Tomillo, Thomas Frank Tomillo,III., Adam Alexander, Austin Anthony, Alton Andrew and Alexandra Ann. She is also survived by her brother David James Voss (Yvonne Voss), and a host of nieces and nephews. She is a parishioner of Holy Trinity Church. Lila was born in New Orleans on October 12, 1948 and attended John McDonogh Senior High School graduating as a member of the class of 1966. She then attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. In her professional life, she was a Registered Nurse. Lila graduated from the Touro School of Nursing in 1984. She started her 30 year career at Meadowcrest Hospital working as a Surgical Nurse then moved to Labor and Delivery. She loved to travel both domestically and internationally visiting numerous foreign countries with her husband and close friends. She also enjoyed casino hopping. When not traveling her past time was spent with her grandchildren and attending ball games, recitals, and school functions. Family was everything to her. She enjoyed hosting numerous parties such as crawfish boils, barbeques, birthday parties, and holidays. She was forever the perfect hostess. She was the nucleus of our family and will forever be missed. In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to the American Cancer Society. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced at a later date. An online guestbook is available at www.gracenorthshore.com.
