John F. Marchetti

1943 - 2023

John F. Marchetti, 79, of Vernon, beloved husband of Margaret "Peggy" (Granucci) Marchetti, died peacefully on Monday, August 28, 2023, at home, surrounded by his family. John was born in Bridgeport, CT on October 6, 1943, son of the late James and Constance (Sparano) Marchetti. John was a graduate of Central High School with the Class of 1961 and went on to earn his Bachelor of Science in secondary education from Southern Connecticut State University, his master's degree in guidance from Fairfield University, and his 6th year professional degree at the University of Connecticut. He met and married the love of his life, Peggy Granucci on April 22, 1967, and they settled in Vernon in 1970. John began his career teaching at the Barnum Elementary School and then taught 7th & 8th grade social studies at the Timothy Edwards Middle School in South Windsor, before becoming a guidance counselor and department chair at South Windsor High School where he remained for 25 years, before retiring in 2000. John was a 2023 inductee into the South Windsor High School Hall of Fame. John enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading, all UConn sports, NY Football Giants, and was an avid NY Yankees fan. John was a parishioner of St. Bartholomew Church in Manchester where he enjoyed volunteering. A kind, caring, loving and devoted husband, father, brother, grandfather, and friend to many, he will be dearly missed. Along with Peggy his wife of over 56 years, he leaves his children, John Marchetti and his wife Suzy of Greenwich, and Edward Marchetti and his wife Erinn of Higganum; his brother James of Naples, FL; his grandchildren, Benjamin Marchetti, Nathan Marchetti, Alexandra Marchetti, Katherine Marchetti, and James Marchetti. He also leaves his brother-in-law, James Granucci of Columbus, GA, sister-in-law, Ellen Anderson of East Hartford, sister-in-law, Linda Mylod and her husband James of Anderson, SC, and his lifelong friends, Charles and Linda Groves of Simsbury, and Bill and Diane Wirth of Stratford, and well as many nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Catherine Ward, and her husband Al Ward; his nephew, Tim Anderson; and his sisters-in-law, Barbara Marchetti, and Barbara Granucci and Christine Denette. John's family wishes to thank Agnes for her kind and compassionate care and the Vernon VNA for helping to make him comfortable. His family will receive friends on Friday, September 1, 2023, from 4-7 p.m., at the Ladd-Turkington & Carmon Funeral Home, 551 Talcottville Rd. (Rte. 83) Vernon. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, September 2, 2023, 11 a.m., meeting directly at Parish of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, St. Bartholomew Church, 45 Ludlow Rd., Manchester. Burial will be private at the request of his family. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. For online condolences please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com