Anthony J. DiBartolomeo

Family & friends are respectfully invited to attend Visiting Hours on Tuesday, January 21st from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach St., Revere for Anthony J. DiBartolomeo, who died on Wednesday, January 15th at the Atrium at Veronica Drive in Danvers. He was 92 years old. A Funeral Service will be conducted in the funeral home at 11:00 a.m. Interment & military honors will immediately follow in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody.
Anthony was a native to Caldari, Italy. He journeyed to America with his family at the age of seven. The family settled in Dorchester, where Anthony, the oldest of his four siblings, were raised and educated. He was an alumnus of Boston Trade School in Dorchester Class of 1951, where he studied auto mechanics. Anthony enlisted in the United States Army during the Korean War and bravely served his country while in Germany. He was later honorably discharged with the rank of Corporal. Anthony then returned home and began working as an auto mechanic. He married his wife "Millie" and the couple moved to Revere. Together they would raise their four sons. Anthony left being a mechanic and became a Salesman for Sears & Roebuck. He specialized in selling appliances, and he worked at the Boston location and then later Burlington. His career spanned over 30 years. In his retirement, he and his wife moved to Saugus, and they would enjoy their children and grandchildren. Anthony enjoyed working on family vehicles and maintaining them. Sundays was a day that he would load the family in the car and take them on a Sunday drive. Anthony will always be remembered as a man who worked hard, provided for his family and taught them many life's lessons.
He is the beloved husband of 60 years to the late Millicent M. "Millie" (Russell) DiBartolomeo. Loving father of Thomas P. DiBartolomeo & wife Laurie of Winthrop, Pastor Darren J. DiBartolomeo & wife Rosemary "Cookie" of Lynnfield, & Andrew J. DiBartolomeo & wife Crystal of Boxford and the late Daniel D. DiBartolomeo & wife Jill of Malden. Cherished grandfather of Shannon DiBartolomeo, Danielle DiBartolomeo, Kaitlyn DiBartolomeo, Jaxson DiBartolomeo, Mason DiBartolomeo, Kingston DiBartolomeo, Reynold DiFilippo, Adam DeFilippo & the late Shawn DiBartolomeo and the great grandfather of Shawn, Joseph & the late Isabela. He is the treasured son of the late Attilio & Anna DiBartolomeo. Dear brother of Lena McLaughlin of Peabody, Rita Marrama of West Dennis, Dora Vickery of Seattle, WA and the late William DiBartolomeo.
In lieu of flowers, remembrances may be made to the American Cancer Society, 3 Speen St. Framingham, MA 01701.