Jacqueline C. DeBye

FALMOUTH — Jacqueline "Jackie" C. DeBye, a woman who loved life and her family, passed away after a brief illness at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on Monday, May 31, 2010. She was 59 years old.

Jackie was born in Cambridge. She grew up in Burlington and was a graduate of Burlington High School Class of 1969.

She had many friends. She was retired from Verizon where she worked as a maintenance administrator for 17 years. Jackie had the last 10 years living in Cape Cod, mostly in Falmouth. She embraced all that Cape Cod offered. She loved going to the beach, clamming, boating, and entertaining. She enjoyed spending her time in her vegetable garden. She was a huge Red Sox Fan. She loved the holidays and spent hours decorating her home for each upcoming holiday with Halloween and Christmas being her favorites.

She was one of six children and treasured the time with her family. She was blessed to have her children living nearby and being a major part of her life. She was extremely close to her 10 grandchildren and was also able to see the birth of a great- grandchild.

She will be remembered for her appreciation of family and friend, her humor and laughter, and the love she showed to all those she met. She will be lovingly remembered.

Jackie was the loving and caring mother of Kristin Arzola and her husband Francisco, Guy Patierno and his wife Justine, and Jill Estrella and her husband Robert, all of Falmouth. She was the devoted daughter of Eleanor (Joyce) DeBye of Burlington and the late Paul J. DeBye. She was the sister of Paul L. of Londonderry, N.H., Philip of Burlington, Michael of Tewksbury, Susan of Nashua, N.H. and Jody of Westford. She was the proud grandmother of Katelyn, Karli, Lorretto, and Rowen Arzola, Dempsey, Juliet, Mia, and Finn Patierno, and Robert and Jaclene Estrela and great-grandmother of Kayden Estrela.

A funeral Mass will be at St. Anthony's Church, 167 East Falmouth Highway, East Falmouth on Friday, June 4, at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Anthony's Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held at the Edward V. Sullivan Funeral Home, 43 Winn St., Burlington (Exit 34 off Route 128, Woburn side) on Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m.

Memorial donations in Jackie's name may be made to the American Heart Association, 20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701 or www.americanheart.org. For directions, obituary, and online guestbook, see

www.sullivanfuneralhome.net or www.stanthonyscapecod.org.