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Philomena (Spinazzola) Marotta

Family & friends are invited to attend a funeral Mass on Thursday, December 29th at 11 :00 am in St. Anthony of Padua Church, 250 Revere St. ,Revere, for Philomena (Spinazzola) Marotta, who died after a brief illness at Melrose-Wakefield Hospital on Monday, December 26th. Visiting hours are respectfully omitted. Interment is private.

She was a life-long Revere resident & a 1936 alumna of Revere High School. Her’s was a varied & interesting career. During War time (WWII), she was a seamstress in the garment area making servicemens’ uniforms. She was a creative & industrious worker, always, enjoying working with fabric. Her family & friends relied on her to hem a dress, shorten mens’ trousers, “let-out” , “take in” and recreate anything she deemed needy. Her talents would lead her to a very fine job as a seamstress for the once most popular and elegant “French Shoppe”  in Filene’s Boston store. After that segment of her career, she would find a position with Bradlees Dept. Store of Chelsea as Head of Fabrics & Selections. “Philly” would remain there until retirement. As Department head, she was responsible for the creation & installation of the many Mannequin Vignettes throughout the entire department store. While at Bradlees, she maintained a “Sewing School” for the general public. Throughout her long life, her love for the arts & crafts were manifested by the many beautiful artifacts decorating her home.

She is the wife of the late Albert Marotta. She is the cherished mother of Eileen Marotta-Johnson & her husband Arthur of Westerly, R.I., Maria Marotta-Dillon & her husband, Matthew of Derry, NH & the late Phyllis Marotta-Sasso. She is the adored grandmother to Kelly A. Nichols-Moher of Manchester, NH. Dear sister of the late Emma Bellafatto, Mary Woods & Andrew Spinazzola. She is also lovingly survived by many nephews, grand-nieces & grand-nephews.

Services

Funeral Mass

Thursday, December 29th at 11:00 a.m. in St. Anthony of Padua Church, Revere

Interment

Will be Private

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

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  1. Harry & Janice McCarthy Tagen
    Dec 28 2016

    Eileen,Maria and family – we were so sorry to hear of your mom’s passing. I will always remember something she said to me about sewing, if you are going to do it, do it right. She was truly an amazing woman. She was a great neighbor and a very good friend to my mom. She will definitely be missed by all.

    Love, Harry & Janice

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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.