Obituaries 08-08-2024

Margaret “Peggy” Pacifico

Retired Nurse

Margaret “Peggy” Pacifico, 90, previously of Arlington, has lived happily at Seal Harbor in Winthrop for the past 25 years. She was lost to us on August 3, 2024 after a series of medical issues.

She leaves two children, Paula Trubitt of San Diego and Steven Pacifico, a resident of Westford, Mass, six adored grandchildren: Harrison Trubitt, Adam Trubitt, Michelle Pacifico, Lindsey Pacifico, Taylor Pacifico, and Cameron “C.J.” Pacifico, as well as her son-in-law, Hayden Trubitt and daughter-in-law, Gail Pacifico. ALL have been so fortunate to have been loved by her so much. She was preceded in death by her husband of 43 years, Louis Pacifico, in 1999, who grew up and at one time owned a pharmacy in East Boston.

Peggy was born in Boston to Lena Hunter Wright and Garfield Wright, both originally of Nova Scotia, Canada. As “Peggy Wright,” she grew up in Barre, MA where her father owned a plumbing business. After high school graduation, at the age of 17, she entered the Mass General School of Nursing, graduating in 1954 and soon after became a night supervisor in the Baker Building; she also worked on a ward in the Bullfinch Building, and cared for polio patients encased in Iron Lungs.

Peggy met her husband, Lou, while there, when he was working as a night intake clerk at the Mass General Emergency Room while attending the New England College of Pharmacy. They married in 1956 and he graduated in 1958.

Peggy and Lou purchased a home in Arlington in 1959 and she left Mass General to care for her father who died that year of cancer, as well as caring for her two-year-old daughter and supporting her mother, Lena. Peggy’s son, Steven, was born in 1961, and she remained at home to care for her children for 12 years.

Peggy returned to nursing after 12 years, and worked at Pine Knoll Nursing Home in Lexington for 25 years. She had many friends there, several of which she had been in touch with until her death.

Peggy greatly enjoyed many summer months with her young family on Cape Cod often braving the low water temperatures and high surf at Nauset Beach in Orleans. She enjoyed two trips to Italy, a trip to Scotland, several cruises with her children and grandchildren, helicoptered to a glacier in Alaska, and in 2008 traveled to the jungles of Costa Rica with her son, Steven’s family.

Peggy also owned a condo on the beach in St. Augustine, Florida which she purchased with her husband and owned for 30 years. After retiring, they planned to spend more time there, but Lou died of a sudden heart attack in 1999 at age 70, just weeks after they had moved from their Arlington home of 40 years and into their Seal Harbor condo. Originally planning to sell the Florida condo soon after his death, Peggy began spending many months there, often in the fall and again in the Spring, making many friends and often enjoying visits from her children and grandchildren, as well as spending several Thanksgivings with her in-laws, Claire and Norman Webber. For over 20 years, upon returning home to Winthrop in December, she then flew to San Diego to stay with her daughter’s family until the end of January.

An avid, very accomplished knitter, we will remain blanketed by her love in the beautiful, colorful handmade afghans that she so generously shared. She was also very advanced in solving Sudoku puzzles and loved to read, often spending many contented hours each day engaged in both pastimes. She was a serious adversary when playing board games, Monopoly, Sorry! (especially, Sorry!- ask the grandchildren), Crazy Eights, and Gin Rummy card games.

In Winthrop, Peggy was active in the Winthrop Ladies Lodge #2071, enjoyed fish dinners at the Elk’s Lodge, local restaurants, and was a regular for many years at the Winthrop Senior’s Center for exercise, weekly Bingo, and bus trips.

Family and friends are cordially invited to attend the visitation from the Caggiano-O’Maley-Frazier Funeral Home, Winthrop on Monday, August 12 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon followed by a graveside service in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett at 12:30 p,m.

In lieu of flowers, please keep Peggy in your thoughts and prayers.

To sign the online guestbook, go to www.caggianofuneralhome.com.

Stella Simione

Well known award winning local artist, active at St. Michael the Archangel Parish

 Stella C. (Collotta) Simione of Winthrop passed away on August 2nd, 2024.

Born in Boston on August 25,1927, daughter of the late Orazio and Catherina (Piscitello) Collotta, she grew up in East Boston on Sumner Street across from Brophey Park. She attended East Boston schools and during WWII worked at the Office of Price Administration and later at Gum Products. In 1949 she married Nicholas Simione and in 1956 moved to Winthrop, where she raised her family while working at the family business, Simione Oil Co.

Since her husband’s passing in 2000, Stella was very busy volunteering her time at St Michael the Archangel Parish as a former Eucharistic Minister, member of St Vincent DePaul Society and humble recipient of the Cheverus Award.

Stella was a well-known local artist, who won many awards. She loved sharing her artwork.

She was predeceased by her loving husband, Nicholas, and brothers: Ray (Tillie), Roy (Hazel), Sam (Rosa), George (Josie), Albert (Ruth) and Mario; survived by her children, Nicholas (Barbara) of Reading and Marie of Winthrop; grandchildren Stephanie (Ryan), Stacy (Graham), and Nicholas (Jacquelyn) and great grandchildren: Remy, Madelyn, Max, and Bella.

Stella was a giving and loving person. She unselfishly helped anyone in need. She will be missed by all.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Stella’s memory may be made to St Michael the Archangel Parish. Visitation will be held at St John’s the Evangelist Church, 320 Winthrop St, Winthrop today, Thursday, August 8th, starting at 9:30 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:30 a.m. Services will conclude with burial at Winthrop Cemetery, Belle Isle section.

To sign the online guestbook, go to www.caggianofuneralhome.com.

Arrangements under the direction of the Caggiano-O’Maley-Frazier Funeral Home, Winthrop.