Marie A. Ficaro of Emerson Rd., Winthrop passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on July 21, 2017. She was 85 years old. Born in East Boston she was the beloved daughter of the late Eleanor M. (Racana) and Anthony Maragioglio. A resident of Winthrop for over 57 years she was employed as a legal secretary for Breakstone, White and Gluck. She was a member of the Cottage Park Yacht Club, the Book Club at the Winthrop Public Library, the Winthrop PTA and a troop leader for the Girl Scouts of America.

She was the devoted wife of 64 years to Giacomo 'Jack" Ficaro and the loving mother of Joanne Joyce and her husband Frederick of Topsfield, Eleanor Lundy and her husband James of Winthrop and Nina Ficaro-Rago of Winthrop. She was the cherished grandmother of Derek, Jessica, Maria, Olivia and Miriam.

Family and friends are cordially invited to attend the visitation from the funeral home on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. The funeral will be conducted from the funeral home on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 9:00 AM followed by a funeral mass in St. John the Evangelist Church 320 Winthrop St., Winthrop at 10:00 AM. Interment to follow the mass in the Belle Isle section of Winthrop Cemetery.

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