A Mashpee woman’s family looked back on her life in a recent obituary after she was killed in a crash on July 6. Lana Testa, 74, was killed in the crash, which happened on the southbound side of Interstate 495 in Bridgewater at around 3:15 p.m.
, state police said in a press release . The driver — a 79-year-old Mashpee man — was taken to a nearby hospital with serious injuries. Born in Framingham, Testa graduated from Milford High School in 1967, the obituary read.
She and Dave Testa, “the love of her life,” married in 1968. While she did earn her license to work in real estate, she decided to stay at home to raise their children. Testa “began sewing dolls and making other colonial era crafts,” her obituary read.
By the mid-1980s, her work was exhibited at craft shows across the country and were featured in various magazines. “Lana had an eye for detail and a passion for collecting primitive antiques,” according to her obituary. “Lana and Dave’s ‘Cape Cod Retirement Home’ has been featured in many magazines including ‘A Primitive Place,’ ‘A Simple Life,’ ‘Country Sampler’ and two Judy Condon books.
” She loved to take vacations but “mostly enjoyed spending as much time as possible with her children and grandchildren,” her family wrote. Along with her husband, Testa is survived by her sons Todd Testa and Dustin Testa, their wives and four grandchildren. Plans for Testa’s memorial services will “be held sometime in the future,” th.