Arline H. (DeAngelis) Whyel – 82, of North Reading, formerly of Chelsea and
East Boston, died Friday, July 8, 2022, at Winchester Hospital.

Born in East Boston, MA on July 13, 1939. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Frances (Sarni) DeAngelis. She was a graduate of East Boston High School.  Arline worked as an administrative assistant at Mass General Hospital in Boston for 35 years. She also worked as a Travel Agent and was very passionate about working with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, where she devoted her time and energy to the kids like no other.

She was a devoted wife to her husband John of 60 years and loving and caring mother to Laurice and John.

Arline loved to travel with her family and experienced seeing the world together.  She has been a resident of North Reading for the past 18 years and was a member of St. Theresa’s Church.

Family members include loving husband John A. Whyel; her daughter Laurice Saggese and her husband Gary; her son, John J. Whyel and his wife Julia Guthro; her loving sister Margaret Frances and her brother Joseph DeAngelis and his wife Patricia; she was the proud grandmother of Nicholas Whyel and Taylor Saggese.  She also leaves behind many loving nieces and nephews.

Her funeral will be held from the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street,
North Reading on Friday, July 15 at 9:15 AM, followed by a 10:30 AM Funeral
Mass at St. Theresa’s Church, 63 Winter Street, North Reading. Calling hours
will be held on Thursday, July 14 from 4 to 8 PM. Interment will be in the Versailles Mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude PL., Memphis, TN 38105-9959 or to Make-A-Wish MA + RI 133 Federal St., Boston, MA 02110

Sharon E. (Germano) McGillivray – 62, of North Reading, formerly of Lynn and Danvers, passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 26, 2022. She was surrounded at home by her entire family and left just as the sun began to rise over her bird feeders.

A miracle baby, born two months premature in Lynn, MA on September 28, 1959, she was the daughter of the late Richard H. and Barbara A. (Bump) Germano. She was a graduate of Lynn English High School, Class of 1977. She would then go on to graduate from Salem State College, Class of 1982.

Sharon worked as a Certified Public Accountant for The Children’s Center for Communication / Beverly School for the Deaf. She was also self-employed, doing bookkeeping, accounting and Quickbooks services for numerous clients.

She had been a resident of North Reading for the past 35 years, acting as the home’s general contractor, landscaper, gardener and fierce protector and leader of 1 husband, 2 children, 5 chickens, 1 cat (Gus) and 1 dog (Otis). A Girl Scout leader, Masquers mom, Bell Choir player, Tuesday’s Lady Group Talker, bird and butterfly watcher, legendary chocolate chip cookie maker and member of the Union Congregational Church were just a handful of her enjoyments.

From Nicholas Cage to Nikola Tesla, aliens to conspiracy theories and medicine to religion, there wasn’t a subject that she wouldn’t read about, research, Google and discuss with anyone willing to engage (and a few that wouldn’t!).

Quick to laugh and constantly smiling, she was practically perfect in every way.

Family members include her loving husband of 34 years, Kevin McGillivray; her son, Mark McGillivray and his fiancée, Lacey Jeka, of Brooklyn, NY; her daughter, Erin McGillivray of North Reading and her inseparable sisters and their spouses, Carole Germano and Jan Saulnier of Gloucester and Barbara and Al DeDonato of Danvers. She was also loved by Lucille McGillivray of Dighton, MA; Pamela and Michael Lafferty of Canton, MA; Nancy and Dan Morrison of Terrell, NC and David McGillivray of Bellingham, MA. She was extremely proud of and dearly loved, and was loved by, her 3 nieces and 3 nephews – Erica, Jordan, Elizabeth, Erik, Matt & Alyssa.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, July 12 from 9:00 to 11:00 AM at Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading. Her funeral service will follow at the Union Congregational Church, 148 Haverhill Street, North Reading, at 11:30 followed by a Collation at 12:00 PM.

Memorial donations, in lieu of flowers, may be made in her memory to The Beverly School for the Deaf (https://cccbsd.org) and/or the North Reading Union Congregation Church (https://www.nrucc.org).

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John A. Santolucito, Jr. – of North Reading, died Saturday, June 18, 2022, at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, at age 62.

Born in Everett, MA on May 21, 1960. He was the son of the late John A. and Claire L. (Rivard) Santolucito, formerly of North Reading.

Family members include his loving sisters, Jean Dotolo of North Reading and Nancy Wederski of Belmont, NH. He is also survived by nieces, nephews and great friends.

Shrink Wrap Jack!, You are loved more than words could ever say…. You could hold a great conversation! The impact that you made on the people, family, friends that crossed your path in these past 62 years.  You were a dedicated and very hard-working man. You took pride in what you did, how you treated people, you liked to have a good time and also how to be a great person. You were funny! You would have me laughing 😆 so hard, and you always wanted to do the right thing…….. you were a free and wild spirit!  You could ride fast like the wind 🌬 this man could operate with some skills of epic proportions! You had a love for nature and also had a respect for it.  You would talk to animals and let them know you liked them. You had a great and powerful love of the north country!!! But have also a love of the sea, living on the ocean for years, through winter storms and hot summer days. Exploring and diving to deep depths even through the ice with a safety line in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire. You really loved riding your motorcycle. Riding from Maine and down to the dragons tail through Tennessee and the Carolina’s. He also enjoyed spending time in his camp in Errol, NH, scuba diving, four wheeling and snowmobiling.

I would say that you had some amazing experiences in those 62 years. You also played many different roles. A son, a best friend uncle, trusted person, father figure, reliable man of his word, a helper, even if someone needed the shirt off his back. That was you.   You were the kind of man who did things that were hard because it was what had to be done. You worked right to end. But you had a love for fun and having good times. I guess the old saying goes “you got to pay to play “ you earned those good times, memories and great stories! Sometimes you “just gotta stop for a minute, and take it all in” everyone should hope to LIVE and experience as much as possible because life is too short.  You will be missed greatly and never forgotten!  You were taken from this world far too soon.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading. www.croswellfuneralhome.com

Eric J. Bennett– June 23,2022

JEAN A (DELOREY) BITTNER, formerly JEAN A LYNCH – 92, of Beverly MA, formerly Winter Haven, FL and North Reading, MA, passed away peacefully on June 25, 2022.

Jean was born on May 8, 1930 to Agnes (Hamilton) and Peter Delorey and was raised in Medford, MA.  Jean was a loving and devoted wife, proud and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and a friend to many throughout her life.

Jeans working career started as a teenager at Filene’s Department Store in Boston. She later became a secretary at both Goldthwaite Medical Supplies and then John Hancock.  Once her children were in school, Jean began volunteering in the library at Maria J. Murphy Elementary School in North Reading, MA until she was hired by the North Reading School Department of Pupil Personnel Services, from which she retired from in 1988.

Jean embraced the roles of statistician for the little league, brownie troupe leader, family camping coordinator and later as a volunteer In a Bereavement Ministry.  She shared her time with close neighborhood friends playing cards when the children were younger which continued on for years later as they retired together in Florida.

Jean enjoyed travel and visited many US National Parks and attractions and cruised to Alaska and Greece.

Jean would often be found with her head buried in a crossword puzzle book or cross sums book (which were always done in pen!) and it was a running joke that she always cheated at any and all card and board games because she always won!

But it was Jean’s love of music and dancing that kept her spirit going.  In their younger years, both Jean and her first husband Bob would perform in local cabaret shows and would often clear the floor when they danced.  She would then go on to enjoy playing and writing music on the piano with her second husband, Len, whom she met square dancing.  Jean found peace in her later years by joining an organ group that would perform during the Christmas holiday in local Florida malls.  And she was playing the organ right up until several months before her passing.  Music brought Jean to life and you would find her tapping out the beat, or dancing down the hallway behind her walker, whenever a familiar song was played.

Jean is preceded in death by her first husband Robert (Bob) Lynch; her parents and brother, Peter Delorey and his wife Josephine; and her sister-in-law Evangeline (Vangie) Pavitt and her husband Samuel; her brother-in-law John Lynch and his wife Ellen; and her brother-in-law Joseph Lynch.  She is survived by her son John Lynch and his wife Gina of Georgetown, MA and their sons Corey and his wife Danielle of Wilmington, MA, and Christopher and his wife Amanda of Raleigh, NC and great grandson Tristan; her daughter Barbara (Lynch) Donaldson and her husband David of San Jose, CA and their son Michael of New York, NY; and her daughter Nancy (Lynch) LaMontagne of Peabody, MA, formerly Stratford, CT and former husband Greg LaMontagne of Milford, CT and their daughters Sarah and Heather both currently residing in Georgia.

Jean is also preceded in death by her second husband, Herbert (Len) Bittner, and his daughter Shirley Tucker, and survived by Len’s children Herbert (Lee) Bittner, Michael Bittner, Jeanie (Bittner) Grant, and Tamara Bittner, and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Jean is also survived by her loving companion these past six years, John Driscoll of Beverly, and his children Denise (Driscoll) Wyer, Jack Driscoll, Kathleen (Driscoll) DeRosa, Christine (Driscoll) Wyard, Steven Driscoll, Michael Driscoll and Kevin Driscoll.

Visiting hours will be held at the Croswell Funeral Home, 19 Bow Street, North Reading on Thursday, June 30, 2022 from 4-7pm.  A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Theresa’s Church, 63 Winter Street, North Reading on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 10:30 am.  Interment will immediately follow at Riverside Cemetery in North Reading, MA.