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Jean M. (Robertson) Giguere

Family & friends are invited to attend Visiting Hours on Thursday, November 15th from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals, 773 Broadway, REVERE for Jean M. (Robertson) Giguere, who passed away peacefully on November 9th. Her funeral will be conducted from the funeral home on Friday, November 16th at 10:00 a.m., followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 250 Revere St., REVERE at 11:00 a.m. and immediately followed by interment in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.

Jean was born on August 19, 1931, daughter of the late James and Louise (Reppucci) Robertson. She lived in Revere her whole life and attended St. Rose school in Chelsea. She worked for Public Finance in Lynn in her younger years. She married in 1956 and became a devoted mother to her two children. She was a member of the Women’s club and the Moose club for many years. She enjoyed fun trips and parties associated with the St. Theresa’s bowling league. She loved her weekly visits to have her hair done by her dear friend, Paula Vesce of Revere and she loved all the girls in the shop. She also loved her weekly shopping trips to Walgreens and Rite Aid, where she was known by many of the workers. Jean loved to cook, but her specialty was baking. She loved to put on big dinners for her family and found such joy in decorating her table and seeing her family all together. In later years, she loved spending holidays with Marguerite Johnson (Mom to Dennis) and her extended family in Woburn followed by dessert at her sister June’s house in Peabody where she loved to be surrounded by all her children. She loved having fun and being silly and laughing with her family. She loved music and will always be remembered as singing all the words to all of the old songs of the 40’s and 50’s. She was also a very good dancer in her day. Dancing at all the dance halls on the old Revere Beach. She enjoyed working for a fudge stand on Revere Beach. She loved to reminisce about all the rides, restaurants, and dance halls knowing that those were the good old days. The. is one thing that Jean loved most of all was her church. St. Theresa’s and St. Anthony’s as she was very religious. She loved Jesus with all her heart. She never liked to miss church. The priests were so good to her over the years and she loved all the parishioners. She was often the last one to leave as she loved to hug and kiss everyone coming out of the church. She loved all the plays and parties and festivals at St. Anthony’s. She loved Singing and dancing and the parties with (DJ) Gary DeBella. Jean will always be remembered for her morning ritual which was praying over her pray list. She often added people to her pray list and her prayers were so strong that they worked to help others on many occasions. Please remember Jean as one of the strongest people I have ever known. In the later years, she suffered a stroke and a fall which broke her hip. She fought through such intense pain when her hip surgery went wrong and she had to have 3 major surgeries in one month. She battled the pain with such strength and courage. Please remember Jean as one of the most forgiving people I have ever met. Her faith in God was so strong that she would often say, “Forgiveness is the most important thing you can learn in this life. Trust in God and forgive any wrong doings.”

She was the beloved wife of the late Robert M. “Bobby” Giguere of Revere. The mother of Robert T. Giguere and his wife Robin of Boxford. Her daughter Jacqueline J. Johnson and her husband Dennis of Swampscott. She leaves behind her four grandchildren; Michelle Giuliano and her husband Michael of Salem, NH. Brian M. Giguere of Revere and Jessica Giguere of Boxford and Jillian Giguere of Milton. Her great grandchildren were the joy of her life: Destiny, Christiana, Justice, Michael, Uriah, Anastasia, and Constantine Giuliano and Emily Giguere. She will also be greatly missed by her grand dogs Rocky and Bugsy and Max. She is the sister of the late James “Sonny” Robertson and his late wife Margie, June Littlefield and her husband Walter “Butch” and Ruth “Chickie” Guarino and sister in law to the late Raymond Giguere and his wife Peggy. She is also lovingly survived by many extended family members whom she cherished one and all.


Services

Visiting Hours

Thursday, November 15th from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Funeral Mass

Friday, November 16th at 11:00 a.m. in St. Anthony of Padua Church, Revere

Interment

Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place Memphis TN 38105-9959.


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  1. Lynn Burke
    Nov 12 2018

    Jacqueline and Dennis,
    I am so very sorry for your loss. You will be in our thoughts and prayers. I am sorry we can not be there, but if there is anything we can do for you, please let us know.
    With love,
    Lynn and Matt Burke

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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.