Joseph C. Politano

Joseph C. Politano, 90
1933 - 2023
Saugus - Joseph Politano passed away at home on November 22nd surrounded by his loving family.
He was the son of Guiseppe and Josephine Politano. The youngest of 6 children, Joe attended Boston Trade School, where he was part of a team that built the area's first modular home. He was a proud veteran, who served as an airplane mechanic in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. As a young man, Joe was a Jack-of-all-trades, working as a roofer and a stone cutter, before finding his calling as a police officer with the Boston Police Department in 1968. He patrolled the streets of Charlestown and District 1 for 28 years, until his retirement in 1996. Joe met the love of his life, Mercedes "Marcy" Suarez, in 1957. They married in 1958, and enjoyed 65 years of wedded bliss until Marcy was called home in December 2022. When Marcy died, a part of Joe died with her.
Joe enjoyed food, friends and family. Whether it was a celebratory dinner at Kowloon or an informal Saturday afternoon lunch at home, there was always plenty of food on the table for anyone who showed up, whether they were invited or just dropped by. A consummate story-teller until his last days, Joe loved to regale friends and family with tales of his Air Force and BPD days, and of the adventures he and Marcy had traveling around the country and internationally.
He is survived by his daughter, Diane Carpenter and her late husband Kenneth, his grandson, Kenneth Carpenter and his wife Stacey, his two great-granddaughters Mercedes and Julianna Carpenter, his sisters Rose Siraco and Gilda Bertolli, his sister-in-law Camille Casarano, and honorary family members Lisa Lord and Cody Wright, as well as many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital @stjude.org.
SERVICE INFORMATION
Relatives and friends are invited to attend an hour of visitation in the Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Ave., SAUGUS, on Tuesday 10 -11 a.m. followed by a funeral service in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Interment Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody. For directions & condolences www.BisbeePorcella.com.