Josephine Procopio Albarelli, 92, educator and museum guide

Memorial services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, for Josephine Procopio Albarelli, 92, of Philadelphia, an educator and museum guide who died Saturday, May 2, of a heart ailment at her home.

The services will be held at Dinan Funeral Home, 1923 Spring Garden St. Burial was private.

A native of Fulton, N.Y., Mrs. Albarelli enrolled at Alfred (N.Y.) University when she was 15 and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in 1942.

Drawn by her love of the Spanish language, she moved to Mexico City, where she earned a master's degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. While there, she met the artist Diego Rivera.

She returned to the United States and became a Spanish teacher at Chestnut Hill College until retiring in her 70s.

Mrs. Albarelli was an author and book editor and an art enthusiast. She donated several works of art to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Woodmere Gallery, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

In retirement, she conducted tours in English and Spanish at the Art Museum and the Rodin Museum. She was active on the prints, drawings, and photography committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Association and a member of the museum's Fiske Kimball Society.

She also volunteered to teach English to Spanish-speaking citizens.

She is survived by many nieces and nephews. Her husband, Alphonse, died earlier.

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