JOSEPH A. CATANESE

CATANESE , Joseph A. Longtime resident of Jamaica Plain, passed away on November 6, 2025. Beloved son of the late Peter and Ida (Terranova) Catanese. Dear brother of Nancy Allen and her husband, Scott, of Jamaica Plain and Susan Welby and her husband, Frank, of Melrose. Loving uncle of Andrea, Christopher, and Melissa Allen and Lauren, Erin, and Peter Welby. Dear cousin of Stephen Catanese and Elizabeth James. Joseph was a retired civilian employee of the Boston Police Department Mounted Unit. Visiting Hours will be held at the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Centre St., WEST ROXBURY, on Thursday, November 13, from 4-7pm. Funeral from the funeral home on Friday, November 14, at 9:30am, followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Jamaica Plain, at 10:30am. Relatives and friends kindly invited. Interment in St. Michael Cemetery. Expressions of sympathy may be made in Joseph's memory to St. Francis House, 39 Boylston St., Boston, MA 02116. For online guestbook, pemurrayfuneral.com P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins George F. Doherty & Sons West Roxbury 617 325 2000