Carolyn R. Boccella (nee: Christman), of Abington, Pennsylvania died Monday, July 16, 2018 at Abington Hospital Jefferson Health. She was 81 years old. Carolyn was born April 4, 1937 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Lester Christman and the late Fannie Haig (nee - Abbey). She is the beloved wife of the late Albert J. Boccella; mother of Diane (Russell) Bell, Carolyn (Arnold) Lynch, Albert Boccella, and Joseph (Emily) Boccella; grandmother of nine; great grandmother of seven; sister of John Christman (Dorothy), Gloria Barile, and Joyce (Arthur) Deems.