Genevieve Wood
Delta Airlines Retiree, Active at Winthrop Senior Center
Genevieve M. Wood, 87, a lifelong resident of Lewis Avenue, Winthrop passed away on July 22.
Gen originally worked for Northeast Airlines which merged with Delta Airlines. She remained in the airline industry for her entire career and retired from Delta.
Gen had many varied interests and hobbies. She travelled extensively throughout Europe and cruised with many friends through the years. She loved Cape Cod and thoroughly enjoyed her second home there with her two sisters and friends. She was an active participant in the Winthrop Senior Center.
Her hobbies included genealogy and keeping family connections going, as well as creating beautiful handwork such as needle point. Her most important interests were her dear friends and family. Hosting parties at home gave her great joy and her New Year’s Day open house parties were legendary. A trip to Foxwoods or Encore lifted her spirits especially when family and friends came along.
She was the beloved daughter of the late William J. and Mary E. (Harrigan) Wood, the dear sister of the late Mary Pilla, Margaret E. “Mardieâ€, Randall F. and William Wood. She is also lovingly survived by many nieces and nephews.
Her Funeral will be held from the Maurice W. Kirby Funeral Home, 210 Winthrop St., Winthrop, on Wednesday, August 3 at 10:30 a.m. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. John the Evangelist Church-Winthrop at 11:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are invited. Interment will
be in Winthrop Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held in the funeral home on Tuesday, August 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Senior Center of Winthrop or the charity of your choice. To sign Genevieve’s guestbook, please visit: www.mauricekirbyfh.com.
Thomas F. Lawton
Graduate of Winthrop High School, Class of 1956
After a long illness, Thomas Fleming (Tom) Lawton passed away quietly at home in Black Mountain, NC on the evening of Thursday, May 12.
He leaves behind his wife of 60 years, Margaret Ann (Jerold), sons Michael (Carla) Lawton of Harvard, MA and Thomas (Patricia) Lawton of Asheville, NC and daughter Christine (David) Shelley of Smyrna, DE as well as grandson Ian and granddaughters Danielle and Grace. He also leaves behind his brother Richard (Dick) Lawton and sister, Elaine Sullivan of Winthrop.
Tom had a quick wit and a clever turn of phrase that he would often use with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes to put people at ease and spread joy and laughter.
Tom was born November 26, 1938 in Washington, DC to the late Patrick Thomas and Marion Fleming Lawton. He grew up in the town of Winthrop, graduating from Winthrop High School in1956 before earning Bachelors (1960) and Masters (1962) Degrees in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselear Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY.
Most of his career was spent working at the Naval Research Laboratory outside Washington DC. The work he did was secret, but it is known that it was an application of his training in aeronautical engineering during the pioneering days of satellites. One project he directed in the 1980’s involved the innovative use of pipeline processing and parallel computing algorithms to solve multidimensional problems in this field.
One of Tom’s favorite quotes was: “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.â€â€” The Waterrat (Wind in the Willows) Tom had a lifelong love of sailing and the water. At the age of 15, he and his brother, Richard (Dick) acquired a Thistle sailboat named Bluebell and helped start a fleet at the Cottage Park Yacht Club. He liked to tell everyone who would listen about how he became the first, and to his knowledge the only Junior Commodore of the Club. This boat was a fixture of his life, and working on it, refinishing it, and refitting it became an annual labor of love until his health no longer allowed it in the early 2000’s. Of course, he also loved to sail and race Bluebell and was quite accomplished, winning many regional events and putting his name on many trophies through the years. He drew his family into this world, teaching each of his children to sail and taking them to race weekends around the country. He also was known to bring co-workers out for an afternoon or weekend of sailing as a way to spend some time together in a less formal setting.
Growing up, he was also an altar boy, serving in his local church and he has had the church and its teachings as an important part of his life. He also loved traveling the world for work and with his wife and family, singing in the church choir, working in his garden, walking his dog, helping others whenever possible, and he took a special joy in playing with children.
He is mourned and will be missed by all who knew him. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. John the Evangelist Church, 320 Winthrop Street, Winthrop, Saturday, July 30 at 11:30 a.m. Visitation will be held in the church prior to the mass.
Donations may be made in his name to the ALS organization @ www.alsncdonate.org. Please visit www.mauricekirbyfh.com for directions or condolences.
Robert Aquilino
He Loved the N.Y. Yankees, Horse Races, II Volo and Dessert
Robert D. Aquilino of Somerville and Winthrop passed away at home on July 21.
Bob loved the New York Yankees, Horse Races, Il Volo and Dessert! He was also a Korean War veteran serving in the US Army.
The beloved son of the late Carmine and Theresa (Gentile), he was the beloved brother of Anna McGowan and her husband, Donald of Burlington and the late Ersilio Aquilino and the late Anthony Aquilino. He also leaves behind nieces: Patricia Moynihan of Tyngsboro and Diane Thompson of Sandown, NH and the late Stephen McGowan of Woburn, Michael Aquilino and his wife, Dale of Londonderry, NH and Carmine Aquilino and his wife, Elaine of Sun City, Florida. Bob is also survived by his extended family; Philip DeSisto and Chelcy Amster of Monroe, NH, Donna DeSisto, Sheryl and Scott Howard, Robert DeSisto, Laura Howard, Robyn Howard, Kevin Rudolph, Gus Martucci and Family, all of Winthrop.
Family and friends are cordially invited to attend the visitation from the St. John the Evangelist Church, 320 Winthrop St., Winthrop on Friday, July 29 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in the Church at 11:30 a.m. Committal will be private.
For directions or to sign the online guestbook, go to www.caggianofuneralhome.com.
Arrangements under the direction of the Caggiano-O’Maley-Frazier Funeral Home, Winthrop.
Edward Belliveau
Former Teacher of Performing Arts at Winthrop High School
Edward W. Belliveau, 82, of Dunedin, Florida, passed away on July 15.
Born in Tarrytown, New York, Ed graduated from Boston University, School of Preforming Arts with a BA and received his MA in Administration from Cambridge College. He was married to June Smith Tardito Belliveau since 2003.
Ed taught at Winthrop High School and Brookline High School as a Performing Arts teacher for 30 years. He also worked for Fidelity Investments. He was a member of the Secular Francian Order for over 24 years and was an avid model train enthusiast.
Ed is survived by his lovely wife, June Belliveau and his son, Steven Belliveau and daughter-in-law, Lisa.
His Funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. today, Thursday, July 28 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Dunedin, Florida.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Cancer Society or the Morton Plant Mease Health Care Foundation.
To leave an online condolence to the family, please visit: www.sylvanabbey.com.