Dr. Eleanor Hynote (DiMento)

June 21, 1957 - December 17, 2013

Dr. Eleanor Hynote (DiMento) died December 17, 2013 in Napa at age 56. She was born in Brookline, MA to Francis and Rita DiMento on June 21, 1957. Ellie graduated from Brookline High School, Vassar College and University of California Irvine, School of Medicine. She opened her internal medicine and clinical nutrition practice in Napa in 1989. Ellie devoted her professional life to the practice of medicine from which she received great gratification and was admired and respected by all of her colleagues and patients. She enjoyed snow skiing, travel, the beach at Nantasket and Martha’s Vineyard and, most of all, her family. Ellie is survived by her husband, Robert “Randy” A. Hynote of Napa, CA; daughters, Caroline J., Julia A. and Olivia A. Hynote all of Napa, CA; parents, Francis J. and Rita A. (Freda) DiMento of Brookline, MA; sister, Melissa Lang of Brighton, MA and Boca Raton, Florida; brothers, Vincent “Jim” J. DiMento and his wife Jane of Westwood, MA; Francis J. DiMento, Jr. and his wife Dale of West Roxbury, MA; and many nieces and nephews and caring relatives and friends. A Memorial Mass will be held at The Church of St. Lawrence, 774 Boylston Street (Rte. 9 East), Brookline, MA on Saturday, June 14 at 11 a.m. Family and friends will honor and remember Ellie’s life at Moseley’s on the Charles, 50 Bridge Street, Dedham, MA after the services. A funeral Mass was held at Mont La Salle Chapel, 4405 Redwood Rd, Napa, CA 94558, on Saturday, December 21, 2013 at 10:00 am. The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations in Ellie’s memory can be made to a charity dedicated to infectious disease research.