All Obituaries

Mrs. Rita Marie Casey, born on July 25, 1929, departed on Tuesday, January 15, 2019 at the age of 89. Daughter to Mary and John Doherty of Winthrop, MA. Sister to the late David, Frank and Margaret. Mother to the late Thomas Casey. Rita is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Fred Casey and children Paul and Denise, William, John and Elizabeth, Ann, Robert and Gretchen. Also survived by 12 loving grandchildren Victoria, Alexandra, Shaelyn, Brendan, Ryan, Sean, John, Ashley, Joseph,...

Nancy J. Grimm of Kennedy Rd., Winthrop passed away at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers on January 11, 2019. She was 67 years old. Born in Cambridge she was the beloved daughter of the late Doreen (Wells) and Thomas Whalen. A life long resident of Winthrop she was employed as a bartender at the Winthrop Golf Club prior to her retirement. She was the loving mother of Nicole Marie Grimm and her husband Dan Rizzotto of Winthrop. She was the dear sister of Thomas Whalen of Easton, Susan...

Vita M. Abate of Lincoln St., Winthrop passed away on January 5, 2019. She was 88 years old. Born in East Boston she was the beloved daughter of the late Emmanuela (Marchione) and Vincent Capolupo. She resided in East Boston for many years before moving to Winthrop over 15 years ago. Prior to her retirement she was employed as a patient advocate at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. She was the devoted wife of the late Carlo Abate and the loving mother of Carl Abate and his wife...

Joy Machcinski of Cottage Park Rd., Winthrop passed away at home on December 28, 2018. She was 78 years old. Born in Buckingham, England she was the beloved daughter of the late Mary Ann (Soton) and James Terry. A resident of Winthrop for over 46 years she was employed as a bookkeeper in the accounting field. She was a volunteer at the Willis School Library for many years. She also loved to read, shop and tinker in her garden but she especially loved chocolate. She was the devoted wife...

Mary Zaccagnini of Lynn passed away on December 5, 2018. She was 82 years old. Born in Cambridge she was the beloved daughter of the late Josephine (Smedile) and Rocco DeFrancisco. She grew up in Cambridge before moving to Lynn over 39 years ago. She was the devoted wife of the late Rocco J. Zaccagnini and the loving mother of Ronald Zaccagnini of Lynn, Cherylann Catanzaro and her husband Gerald of Winchester, Robert Zaccagnini, Loretta Zaccagnini and Eric Zaccagnini all of Lynn. Dear...

Ann G. Giordano of Lincoln St., Winthrop passed away at the Boston Medical Center on December 6, 2018. She was 86 years old. Born in Boston she was the beloved daughter of the late Mary (DeMartinis) and James DePamfilis. A resident of Winthrop for over 45 years she was employed as a typist for John Hancock Insurance prior to her retirement. She was the devoted wife of Robert L. Giordano and the late Joseph Maiolino and Robert Indingaro. Loving mother of Kathlene Ann...

David B. VanBuskirk of North Andover and formerly of Winthrop passed away at home on December 5, 2018. He was 55 years old. Born in Winthrop he was the beloved son of the late Hazel (Swan) and Gordon VanBuskirk, Sr.. A resident of North Andover for over 11 years he was employed as a plumber for the former Bartlett Plumbing in Winthrop. He was the dear brother of Sharon Camelia of North Reading and the late Arthur, Elaine and Gordon VanBuskirk, Jr.. Also survived by several nieces and...

Gerard A. Ciampolillo of Pond St., Winthrop passed away at the Chelsea Soldier's Home on December 3, 2018. He was 88 years old. Born in Boston he was the beloved son of the late Mary (Capodilupo) and Giovanni Ciampolillo. He grew up in East Boston before moving to Winthrop over 50 years ago. He enlisted in the United States Air Force during the Korean War and was honorably discharged as an Airman 2nd class. After his discharge he went on to work for Consolidated Cigar and then went on to...

Rose M. Falzarano of Willow Ave., Winthrop passed away at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers on December 2, 2018. She was 86 years old. Born in East Boston she was the beloved daughter of the late Assunta (DelloRusso) and Stefano Falzarano. A resident of Winthrop for over 50 years she was employed as a secretary for the State of Massachusetts until her retirement. She was the dear sister of Anthony Falzarano of New Hampshire, Mary Falzarano of Winthrop and the late Victoria Buccelli,...

Michael J. DeBiasi of Revere St., Winthrop passed away at home on November 29, 2018. He was 86 years old. Born in East Boston he was the beloved son of the late Ida A. (DeMaio) and Michael F. DeBiasi. He resided in East Boston before moving to Winthrop at the age of 8. He attended Winthrop Schools and was a 1950 graduate of Winthrop High School where he played quarterback for the football team and also played on the basketball team. He worked at Hamm's at an early age before serving...