Louis G. Turchi

Louis G. Turchi FRAMINGHAM Louis G. Turchi died peacefully on Wednesday, April 16, 2008. A resident of Framingham for 86 years, he attended Framingham High School, Class of 1939. Mr. Turchi was a World War II Army veteran. He served with the 7th General Hospital European Theatre. He was a master barber for 60 years and proprietor of the Turchi Barber Shop, Framingham, and was also affiliated with the Avenue Barber Shop, Framingham. He was past president and former state secretary-treasurer of the Associated Master Barber/Stylists of Mass., past national vice-president of the AMBBA, past president of St. Tarcisius Holy Name Society and late member of Christopher Columbus Society, Luigi Ferazzi Post #135, and Italian American veterans. He was the beloved husband of the late Gaetana (Barilone); devoted father of Steven Turchi and his wife, Nancy, of Framingham, Susan Araujo and her husband, Jack, and Sandra Araujo and her husband, Joseph, all of Holliston; loving grandfather of Valerie, Julie, Kimberly, Allison and Timothy Araujo and Erin, Brad, Meaghan and Lucas Turchi; brother of Rose Maietta of Milford, Fausta Stevens and Alma Hutchinson, both of Framingham, Dino of Ashland and Ronald of Westborough, and the late Caesar Turchi. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Tarcisius Church, Framingham, on Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m. Visiting hours will be at the Norton Funeral Home, 53 Beech St., corner of Union Ave., Framingham, Friday, April 18, from 4 to 8 p.m. Burial will be in St. Tarcisius Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be made to Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mt. Wayte Ave., Framingham, MA 01701 or St. Tarcisius Church, 562 Waverly St., Framingham, MA 01701.