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Janet A. (Middleton) Hartigan

Family & friends are invited to attend Visiting Hours on Thursday, April 29th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals, 773 Broadway (Rte. 107) REVERE for Janet A. (Middleton) Hartigan, who died peacefully in the presence of her God at the Oosterman Rest Home in Melrose on April 25th, following a long illness, she was 88 years old. Her funeral will be conducted from the Funeral Home on Friday April 30th at 9:30 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass in Immaculate Conception Church (Corner of Beach St. & Winthrop Ave.) REVERE at 10:30 a.m., immediately followed with interment in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody.

Face masks must be worn at all times & social distancing must be maintained in the funeral home & church. All attendees are required to provide their name and phone number for contact tracing and temperatures will be checked prior to entering the funeral home & church. Guests are asked to visit briefly and to exit the funeral home to allow others to enter. Capacity Limits also apply.

Janet was born & raised in Andover. She was a proud alumna of St. Mary’s School, Class of 1950. Janet enlisted in the United States Army – Airforce in 1951 & served her country during the Korean Conflict. She was honorably discharged in 1955, after 4 years of service. In 1958, she married her husband Richard D. Hartigan & the couple settled in Revere, where they remained.  Janet worked for New England Tel. & Tel. for 35 years as a telephone operator. She was a member of the “Telephone Pioneer’s of America”. Janet’s most special times of her life was being a Mother & Nana to her family. She was a true matriarch of her family. She was a woman of intelligence, grace & faith. She was a member of the Immaculata Guild.

She is the devoted wife of 63 years to Richard D. Hartigan of Revere. Loving mother of Richard A. Hartigan of Ipswich, Revere Police Patrolman Patrick T. Hartigan of Winthrop, Nora F. Sacco & husband David of North Adams & Terence M. Hartigan & wife Kristin of Deptford, NJ. Cherished Nana of Garret, Matthew, Stephanie, Nicholas, Stephen, Casey & Teagan. Dear sister of Sr. Margaret Middleton, SND of Ipswich, Thomas Middleton of Andover & Albert W. Middleton, Jr. & wife Margaret of Gales Ferry, CT. She is also lovingly survived by many nieces, nephews, grandnieces & grandnephews.

In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to Sisters of Notre Dame, 30 Jeffreys Neck Rd., Ipswich, MA 01938.

Services

Visiting Hours

Face masks must be worn at all times & social distancing must be maintained in the funeral home. All attendees are required to provide their name and phone number for contact tracing and temperatures will be checked prior to entering the funeral home. Only 25 people are allowed in the Funeral Home at one time. Guests are asked to visit briefly and to exit the funeral home to allow others to enter.

Thursday, April 29th from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Funeral Mass

Friday, April 30th at 10:30 a.m. in the Immaculate Conception Church, Revere

Interment

Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody

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6 Messages Send your condolences
  1. Raymond Coyle
    Apr 29 2021

    Uncle Dick,

    We were so sorry to learn of the loss of your lovely wife. She was a beautiful kind woman, who will surely be missed. May the memories of your lifetime together comfort you..

    My father is not able to attend the services, but he sends his sympathy and love.

  2. Joseph Sardina
    Apr 29 2021

    Dear Dick, Rich, Pat, Nora and Terence, together with your large group of family and friends,
    I wish to join the others to offer my most sincere condolences for having lost your angel on earth. Many precious memories have been made on True St with your family, none of which would have been possible without that beautiful woman you cherished so well.
    She was a mother to many of us too, and gave us a model of perfection for how a wife and mother could be. Graceful, happy elegant in her simplicity and strong in her Faith, I think I could speak for all the True St Gang to say she was as beautiful inside as out, and that her presence will be missed terribly.
    We never know what we have until it’s gone, and I know you will have much grieving to do, with the calm satisfaction of knowing she flew straight to Jesus in Heaven. The memories should be all the sweeter.
    Love and Hugs to you all. ✝️
    Joseph Sardina and family

  3. Lorraine Butler
    Apr 27 2021

    I don’t know you I’m so sorry to hear about your wife passing she is now resting in peace may god be with you and your family you are all in my prays always remember the good times you had with her

  4. Marguerite Bova
    Apr 26 2021

    God bless and be with you Janet I’ll always remember your kindness over the years at Immaculate.

  5. The Misci Family
    Apr 26 2021

    Dick & Family- Our heartfelt condolences to all of you on the loss of Janet. Please know that you are in our thoughts & prayers ❤️

    Thinking of you!
    John, Joyce & Family xo

  6. Billy
    Apr 26 2021

    Will miss you Aunt Janet. Thank you for being so nice to me and my family. God Bless you : Uncle Dick and cousins Rich, Patrick, Nora and Terrence

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To all our families, friends, and residents of Revere, East Boston, and surrounding communities of the North Shore,

We would like to announce that after 37 years of caring for thousands of families at our 773 Broadway location, on January 31st, 2023 we will be officially RELOCATING, to our new location at 262 Beach St., Revere.
On September 30th, 2022, we proudly purchased the Vazza “Beechwood” Funeral Home – DiPietro and Vazza, Inc. A name that has served families for 102 years. We feel blessed that with all of the interest, the Vazza Family chose us to carry on their century old business and family name. We will become Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals. We will continue to honor the Vazza name and continue our commitment the same way that we always have. We also look forward to having both Louis Vazza and Jessica Vazza Ferragamo alongside of us, as we come together as one.
Our reputation has always been our biggest asset. For many years people always wanted us to have a larger facility, now our facility is the largest funeral home in the area. We will be making many beautiful upgrades to allow our families to have the most elegant facility to honor their loved one.
Although this announcement is bittersweet, as we say goodbye to our home, we are forever grateful for all of you for placing your constant faith and trust in us to care for your loved one. We will continue to do what we are best known for.
Thank you for your friendship and continued support.
God bless you all.
Faithfully,

Your friends at Vertuccio Smith and Vazza.

To all our families, friends, and residents of Revere, East Boston, and surrounding communities of the North Shore,

We would like to announce that after 37 years of caring for thousands of families at our 773 Broadway location, on January 31st, 2023 we will be officially RELOCATING, to our new location at 262 Beach St., Revere.

On September 30th, 2022, we proudly purchased the Vazza “Beechwood” Funeral Home – DiPietro and Vazza, Inc. A name that has served families for 102 years. We feel blessed that with all of the interest, the Vazza Family chose us to carry on their century old business and family name. We will become Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals. We will continue to honor the Vazza name and continue our commitment the same way that we always have. We also look forward to having both Louis Vazza and Jessica Vazza Ferragamo alongside of us, as we come together as one.

Our reputation has always been our biggest asset. For many years people always wanted us to have a larger facility, now our facility is the largest funeral home in the area. We will be making many beautiful upgrades to allow our families to have the most elegant facility to honor their loved one.

Although this announcement is bittersweet, as we say goodbye to our home, we are forever grateful for all of you for placing your constant faith and trust in us to care for your loved one. We will continue to do what we are best known for.

Thank you for your friendship and continued support.

God bless you all.

Faithfully,

Your friends at Vertuccio Smith and Vazza.