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Virginia T. (Rahilly) Guarente

A Graveside Service was held privately on Wednesday, October 27th at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody, for Virginia T. (Rahilly) Guarente, who died on Thursday, October 21st at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers following a brief illness, she was 82 years old.

Virginia was born in Winthrop raised & educated in Revere. She was an alumna of Revere High School. Virginia married Frederic G. Guarente, and the couple remained in Revere where they raised their 2 children. She worked as a secretary for many years for Dr. Leo P. Benecchi for many years. In 1995, Virginia & her husband moved to Saugus, where she had remained. Virginia was a dedicated wife mother & grandmother. She loved her family more than anything.

She is the beloved wife of the late Deacon Frederic G. Guarente. Loving & proud mother of Dr. John F. Guarente, DMD & wife Barabra and Paula A. Kalton & husband Drew H., all of Saugus. Cherished grandmother of Jason F. Guarente & wife Sarah of Haverhill, Matthew E. Guarente & wife Maria of Haverhill, Katrina T. Shea & husband Harry of Salem, Ryan D. Kalton & Eric G. Kalton, both of Saugus. Dear sister of the late Jeremiah J. Rahilly. She is also lovingly survived by several nieces, nephews, grandnieces & grandnephews.

Remembrances may be made to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B-102, Danvers, MA 01923.

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Funeral Services were held privately.

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3 Messages Send your condolences
  1. Richard L. Guarente
    Nov 5 2021

    My condolences John and Paula including family and friends of Aunt Virginia. I will remember the many memories at family gatherings which I will cherish forever.

    Cousin Ricky

  2. Marguerite Bova
    Oct 31 2021

    Deacon Guarente was one of my favorite people. May they walk together in Paradise. . God bless and be with you all. With admiration and love

  3. Ernest Tourigney
    Oct 31 2021

    The Guarente family will always have a special place in my heart during my ministry in Revere. Words are inadequate to express how
    our relationship blossomed and grew over those years and beyond with warm memories of both Fred and Virginia as well as the entire family.
    My wish would be to join you not only in bereavement but in celebration of friends once met but never forgotten. Age (87) makes that nearly impossible but know I stand beside you as you release your mom into the hands of a loving God to join the man who was her chosen love in this life and now in the next. You will be in my prayers
    Much Love, Fr T

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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.