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Helen M. Ferrigno
Helen M. Ferrigno, of Quincy, a retired administrative assistant, died at the William B. Rice Eventide Home in Quincy on March 11, 2007. She was 91.
Helen was born in Hurricane Island, ME and moved to Quincy as a child. She was a graduate of Quincy High School and the Chandler Secretarial School.
She worked as an administrative assistant with the Office of the United States Attorney for Massachusetts for 32 years.
She was a communicant of St. Mary Church in West Quincy for many years before moving to Quincy Center and St. John the Baptist Parish. She was active with the St. John’s Seniors.
Helen was the beloved daughter of the late Frank and Camelia (Fiorella) Ferrigno, the beloved sister of the late Nicholas, Joseph, John, Mary Coletti, Esther, William and Edward Ferrigno and the beloved aunt of Theresa Post of Braintree, Lorraine Qualter of FL, Edna Ferrino of Rockland, Helene Ferris, John Ferrigno and Leslie Marlar all of FL.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. John the Baptist Church 44 School Street Quincy on Wednesday morning at 10:00. Interment will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery.
Paul S. Harvey
Paul S. Harvey, of Quincy and Brewster, the retired Executive Director of the Armed Services YMCA in Charlestown, died at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston on Thursday, March 8, 2007. He was 62.
Paul was born in Boston and raised in Melrose. He graduated from Melrose High School and Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy where he played on the baseball team.
As a child, he was active in church and community groups. He maintained this interest by pursuing a career with the YMCA.
Paul began his career with the South Shore YMCA in Quincy and later took a position with the YMCA of Greater Boston. He retired in 1999 as the Executive Director of the Armed Services YMCA in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
He enjoyed gardening and sports. He had a particular fondness for the game of golf.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association of Greater Norfolk County.
Paul was the beloved husband of Nancy E. (Mullen) Harvey, the loving father of Kristen Nehiley and her husband Peter of Hanson and Paul Scott Harvey and his wife Rebecca of Milton, the loving "Papa" to Kyle, Brendan and Krystian and the loving brother of Gayle Cohen and her husband Barry of Melrose.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. John the Baptist Church on Monday morning at 10:30. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be held in the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm St. (Off Hancock St.) QUINCY CENTER on Sunday from 2:00 - 6:00 PM.
Donations in Paul's memory may be made to the Cancer Care Connection 1 Innovation Way Suite 300 Newark, DE 19711.
Priscilla R. "Cookie" (Smith) Barkhouse
Priscilla R. "Cookie" (Smith) Barkhouse, a financial service specialist and active parishioner of St. Joseph Parish in Quincy, died Monday at the Marina Bay Rehabilitation Center in Quincy.
Cookie was born in New Bedford and raised in the Magnolia section of Gloucester. She was a graduate of Gloucester High School and worked as a lifeguard for several summers – her first job.
Following her high school graduation, she worked for the New England Telephone Company before leaving to begin to raise her family. She later worked for Don Bosco Technical High School in Boston and Scudder Funds in Norwell before taking a position with Boston Financial Data Services in Quincy where she worked as a service specialist until her illness forced her retirement.
Cookie was loyal to her family, her parish and her community. She was a constant presence in her children’s activities from serving as a Girl Scout leader, to volunteering with PTO’s and to earning the moniker of the “Number 1 Fan” of the St. Joseph Parish basketball program. She also was a member of the Stonehill College Mothers Club.
Her strong faith and commitment to St. Joseph Parish was obvious to all who knew her. She was a Past Prefect of St. Joseph’s Ladies Sodality, she served as a Eucharistic Minster, volunteered with the Marriage Preparation Program and even in her illness, gave of her time to the parish’s St. Vincent DePaul Society Food Pantry.
She also was very much involved in the community. She was a member of the Ward 2 Civic Association and was a Past President of the Quincy Womens Club Juniors. She also served as Treasurer of the Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs of MA.
Cookie was the loving wife of 45 years to Edward R. Barkhouse, the devoted mother of Donna M. Tocchio of Weymouth, Deborah M. Kinney and her husband Peter of Hanover and Capt. Joseph E. Barkhouse, USAF of Brighton, the fun loving “Nana” to Janice, Robert and Sarah Tocchio and Megan, Shannon and Ryan Kinney, the cherished sister of Virginia A. Aitken and her husband Peter of Braintree and the loving “Auntie” to Amy, Melissa and Kim Aitken. Cookie is also survived by many in her family, her friends and her fellow parishioners of St. Joseph Parish.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in St. Joseph Church on Friday morning at 10:00. Interment will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery.
Visiting hours will be held in the Dennis Sweeney Funeral home 74 Elm St. Quincy Center on Thursday from 2:00 – 4:00 and 7:00 – 9:00 PM.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Cookie’s memory may be made to the St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry at St. Joseph Parish 550 Washington St. Quincy, MA 02169 or to Beacon Hospice 529 Main Street, Suite 101 Charlestown, MA 02129
Toivo Victor Keranen
Veteran Toivo Victor Keranen, a retired carpenter and U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II died at his home in Braintree on Monday, March 5, 2007. He was 88.
Toivo was born and raised in South Paris, Maine where his family operated a farm. He remained in South Paris, with the exception of his three years of service in the Army Air Corps, to help run the farm until his parents died.
Following the death of his parents, Toivo sold his family’s land and moved to Quincy, Massachusetts before settling in Braintree. Embarking on a new career, he utilized his skills as a carpenter and his education from Coyne Electrical School in Boston to build homes. He remained in the building trade for many years before shifting to indoor work as a warehouseman for Bradlees in Braintree.
Toivo was active member of the West Quincy Congregational Church for over 50 years.
He was the loving husband of 55 years to Rachel Margaret (Honkonen) Keranen, the uncle of Anita Honkonen of Framingham and Dean Honkonen and his wife Eileen of Groton, the great-uncle of Erik and Aaron Honkonen the brother-in-law of Helen Honkonen of Norwell and the dear friend of Suzanne Wilson and her family of SC. He is also survived by many cousins in Maine and Finland.
A visiting hour will be held in the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm St. (Off Hancock St.) QUINCY CENTER on Monday morning starting at 10:00, followed by a funeral service at 11:00. Interment with military honors will follow in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree.
Donations in Toivo’s memory may be made to Camp Clear PO Box 202 South Carver, MA 02366.
Louis G. Thomas
Veteran Louis G. Thomas "Louie", to know Louie and to understand Louie one must first speak of Character. Louie was both rich in character and quite a character.Once you met Louie, you simply couldn't forget the experience. No one ever left Louie hungry he would feed you first with love, then with food.Louie was intense!
He was not an act of understatement, God chose to be dramatic the day he created Louie Thomas.
He was the comet in the sky, the thunder in the storm, the fire in the dance. He was the earthly Gabriel blasting his trumpet with full force and breath, just as his Rosie is the angelic gentle lilt of a heavenly harp and somehow such blend was the full melody and measure of heaven on earth, and a chorus we can only hope to hear again in eternity. Louie was simply Louie.
A man of complete contradiction: earthy but ethereal ,ordinary but extraordinary, explosive but tame, cynical but innocent, ferocious but harmless, heroic yet wounded, simple but wise tough but tender,most of all Louuie was generous, always. There were no limits to his generosity, Louie would not only give you the shirt from his back he would give you his back as well.
Louie was no average man and because of this his sorrows and joys were not average, not ordinary, they,like Louie the man were extraordinary. Louie, who fisted and brawled himself forward in this life, with callous hard worked hands, was also the soft and tender palm that fed peanuts to crows and tended with care the rabbits outside his window and could celebrate the delights of a ripe juicy cultivated tomato from his garden and rejoice in his grandchildren's pleasurers. Louie could see the beauty in the simple and the perfect in the ordinary and knew when he found Rosie he had found something so simply beautiful, a being of temperance and grace, he knew this because he knew Mary the Blessed Mother, in ways most real and he could recongnize the mark of holy grace when he found it. For Louie talked to Mary as you and I talk to our neighbor..."Hey, Mary,I need you! Where are you? Listen to me Mary!" such was his intimacy with the sublime in daily life. And so it was no suprise that God should give him Rosie to father a family with. A holy family, Louie made his home a temple, his family a holy union and hospitality was the labor of his grace. He found in Rosie the one woman who could forgive his sins and through her holiness bring forth a family of Holiness, three daughters of grace:Vicky,Noreen and Debby. He was a wise and a rich man. He had knowledge of God and the wealth of a loving family. Now most of us seeheaven as a place of peaceful rest, but not so for Louie. He is not rsting in heaven Louie is preparing the Lord's banguet,tending the feast, baking the bread and labors at the right hand of God. There will never be the likes of such a man again,such was his spirit and his character, he had the mark of God on his soul and he has now gone on to the paradise that such souls seek.
Our Gratitude to God to have know his visit.
Mass of Celebration of Louie's life will be held on Tuesday February 27th in St. Joseph's Church,Quincy Point at 11AM Visiting hours will be prior to the Mass beginning at 9AM in the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm Street, Quincy Center. Interment with Military honors will be in Mt. Wollaston Cemetery. Donations in Louie's memory may be made to Fr. Bill's place 38 Broad Street,Quincy
At Louie's request if are able to attend the services please wear white.
Dorothy A.. [Wool] Keyes
Dorothy A.. [Wool] Keyes, Of Quincy February 24. Beloved wife of Richard H. Keyes. Beloved mother of John D. Keyes of Quincy, Jean Marie Guglielmi and her husband John of Braintree, Loving Grandmother of Eric, Brian and Rachel Guglielmi. Funeral from the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm Street [off Hancock Street], Quincy Center on Tuesday at 9AM. Funeral Mass in Holy Trinity Parish Church of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 10AM. Relatives and friends Are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Monday 4 to 8 PM Interment Blue Hill Cemetery,Braintree. In Lieu of flowers donations In Dorothy’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association 36 Cameron Ave., Cambridge Ma. 02140-1102.
Zupkofska, James J.
James J. Zupkofska, of Weymouth, a Norfolk County Correction Officer, died Saturday, August 22, 2009 at the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth at age 45. Born in Boston, he was raised and educated in Quincy. He worked for 15 years in the Tunnel Workers Union Local 88, operating a tunnel boring machine. In 2004, Jim started his career with the Norfolk County Sheriff's Office where he was a member of the Honor Guard, the elite Sheriff's Response Team and the mountain bike unit. Each year, he was a key participant in the NCSO's Jail & Bail fundraiser for the MDA. In superb physical condition, he competed in triathlons, including one last year to benefit the American Cancer Society and belonged to the Bayshore Athletic Club. A member of the Braintree Yacht Club, he loved boating and was an avid scuba diver, a member of the South Shore Divers and Coast Guard Auxiliary. He and his wife Laurie were volunteers for Meals on Wheels, enjoying his visits and chats with his elderly clients.
The beloved husband for 15 years of Laurie C. (Givens), he was the loving son of the late James Zupkofska and Virginia "Ginny" (Callahan) St Angelo and his step-father Daniel St. Angelo of Quincy and beloved grandson of Kay Callahan of Quincy. He was the dear brother of Robert Zupkofska of Quincy and Kim Griffin and her husband Brian of Milton, son-in-law of Leila Pratt of East Charleston, VT, brother-in-law of Amy Syiek of Littleton, Uncle of Steven and Robert Zupkofska and William Givens-Hall and is also survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.
Visiting hours will be held from 4:00 to 8:00pm on Thursday, August 27 at the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm St,. Quincy Center. There will be a gathering at the funeral home on Friday at 10:00am followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00am at Holy Trinity Parish, Most Blessed Sacrament Church 1017 Sea St. Quincy. Cremation will follow.
Donations in Jim's memory may be made to Meals on Wheels 182 Green St. Weymouth MA 02191 or South Shore Habitat for Humanity 22 River St. Braintree, MA 02184 or sshabitat.org
Vurpillatte, Margaret F. (Carley)
Margaret F. (Carley) Vurpillatte of Quincy passed away at Quincy Nursing & Rehab. Center on Saturday, August 22, 2009 at age 85. Born in Boston, where she was raised and educated, she lived there most of her life and in Quincy for 12 years. During WWII she worked at the Fore River Shipyard and later as a waitress at the Busy Bee Diner in Brookline and at Harvard University.
The beloved wife of the late Russell Vurpillatte, she was the loving mother of Michael J. Vurpillatte and his wife Pat of Lakeville and Lynn Vurpillatte and her husband Thomas Loos of Quincy, sister of Grace Letteney of Poughkeepsie, NY and the late James Carley and is also survived by 4 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
Margaret donated her body to Harvard Medical School and there were no services.
Donations in her memory may be made to the Salvation Army Adult Care, 6 Baxter Street, Quincy, MA 02169.
Holbert, Richard E.
Richard E. Holbert of Braintree passed away at Braintree Manor Nursing Home on Friday, August 14, 2009 at age 78. He worked as a shipper and inspector for Peters and Co. Sheet Metal in Dorchester for many years and at Boston Metal Door in Arlington. A Korean War Veteran, he earned a Bronze Star for his heroic actions in Kunu-ri on November 30, 1950, where he led a blocked convoy past 26 stalled and abandoned vehicles and made a new river crossing under intense shelling, grenades and gunfire. He was a past Grand Knight in the Knights of Columbus in Roxbury.
The son of the late Arless and Winifred (Evelyn) Holbert, he was the brother of Mary Ellen Fisher , Martha Holbert and Bernard Holbert, all of Reading and is also survived by his friend Delores Murray of Quincy and many nieces and nephews.
Mr. Holbert was buried in Blue Hill Cemetery
in Braintree on August 17, 2009. Services were omitted.
Reed, E. Lois (Gould)
E. Lois (Gould) Reed of Kingston, formerly of Quincy, passed away at home on Thursday, August 13, 2009 at age 79. Born in Braintree, she was raised and educated in Weymouth and was a graduate of Weymouth High and Burdette College of Business. For 30 years she worked as a preschool and kindergarten teacher at Jack and Jill Preschool in Quincy. She was a den mother in the Rockland Cub Scouts, the neighborhood "Mom" and enjoyed gardening in her spare time.
The beloved wife of the late Arthur E. Reed, Lois was the loving mother of Arthur Reed, Jr. and his wife Anne Marie of Abington, Mark Reed and his wife Karen of Weymouth, Paul Reed and his wife Laurie of Plymouth and Donna Ignagni of Kingston. She was the dear grandmother of Ashley Tiguy and her husband Igor, Anne Reed, Arthur Reed III, Daniel Reed, Stephen Reed, Paul Reed II, Meghan Reed, Victoria Reed, Michael Ignagni, Christopher Ignagni and Joseph Ignagni and is also survived by her sister Eleanor Henley of Weymouth, her brother George Gould and his wife Mary of Peoria, IL and was the friend of the late Robert E. Gelzinis.
Visiting hours will be held at the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm St. Quincy Center on Saturday, August 15 from 4:00 to 8:00pm. Family and friends are invited. There will be a gathering at the funeral home on Monday at 9:00am, followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Mary's Church W. Quincy at 10:00am. Burial is in Blue Hill Cemetery.
Donations in Lois' name may be made to Cranberry Hospice 36 Cordage Park Cir. Ste 326, Plymouth, MA 02360.
DelGreco, Carmine Anthony "Tony"
Carmine Anthony "Tony" DelGreco passed away at John Adams Nursing Home on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at age 91. Born in Boston, he traveled back to Anversa, Italy with his family at age 3, staying for 15 years. Upon his return, he worked on the Braintree farm which is now the South Shore Plaza, walking daily from his Liberty St. home. Tony then worked for Old Colony Crushed Stone, before signing on at the Fore River Shipyard where he worked until his retirement in 1980. Tony met his beloved wife, the late Mary A. Palumbo at the Strand Theater and married in 1943, settling in Quincy to raise their family. Tony loved to recall the story of his trip back to Anversa, Italy at age 60. He hadn't been in the village for over 42 years, but he was given such a warm reception, he felt he had never left.
Tony is survived by his loving children, Paul A. DelGreco and his wife Linda of Quincy, Robert C. DelGreco of Quincy, Michael R. DelGreco and his wife Cheryl of Scituate, James K. DelGreco of Weymouth, Kathleen Belt and her husband Barry of Quincy, Marianne Ward and her husband Richard of Durham, NC and Carol Anne Barden and her husband Stewart of Dunedin, FL. He also leaves 6 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren and his sister Lena DelVecchio of Quincy.
Visiting hours will be held at the Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home 74 Elm St. Quincy Center on Sunday, August 9, from 4:00 to 8:00pm. Family and friends are invited. There will be a gathering at the funeral home on Monday at 8:00am followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Joseph's Church Quincy Point at 9:00am. Burial is in Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree.
Donations in Tony's name may be made to the American Heart Assoc. 20 Speen St. Framingham, MA 01701,americanheart.org. or to 1000 Southern Artery.
