Rev. John A. DiFruscio

The Rev. John A. DiFruscio BRAINTREE The Reverend John Anthony DiFruscio, 66 years of age, entered Eternal Life on Thursday, November 20, 2008. He was born in Lawrence, MA on September 27, 1942, the son of John DiFruscio and Mary (Motherway) DiFruscio. He graduated from Merrimack College in Andover in 1964 and subsequently entered Saint John's Seminary in 1964. He was ordained in 1969. Father DiFruscio's first assignment was at Saint John's Church in Peabody, followed by assignments to Sacred Heart Church in Manchester by the Sea and at Immaculate Conception Church in Cambridge. For a number of years, he pursued studies in Rome. More recently, he has been associated with Saint Thomas More Parish in Braintree, St. Joseph-St. Lazarus Church in East Boston and finally at St. Theresa's Church in Everett. Father DiFruscio is survived by his close friend Lois M. Bennett and her family of Braintree and by close members of the Priesthood, especially The Reverend William G. Williams, currently the pastor of Saint Mary's Church in Dedham and formerly pastor of Saint Mary of the Assumption Parish in Hull and the Church of Saint Thomas More in Braintree. A concelebrated Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Church of Saint Thomas More, Elm Street and Hawthorn Rd., BRAINTREE on Monday at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Saint Mary's Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Lawrence. Father DiFruscio's casket will be received at the Church of Saint Thomas More on Sunday at 4 p.m., to be followed by a visitation until 8 p.m. Memorial donations may be sent to the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, 351 Broadway, Everett, MA 02149-3425. Arrangements by the Mortimer N. Peck-Russell Peck Funeral Home - BRAINTREE.