Alfred DiRico

1920 - 2015

Alfred Fred DiRico, age 95, a lifelong Quincy resident, passed away peacefully, Saturday, November 28, 2015, at Massachusetts General Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. Fred was born April 18, 1920, in Quincy, to Italian immigrant parents, Francesco and Rose (Masciarelli) DiRico. Francesco entered the United States through Ellis Island, New York, in 1905 and Rose in 1914. He attended Quincy High School and graduated from Thayer Academy in Braintree. He went on to study at the Massachusetts School of Optometry and then to the University of Maines College of Engineering. As World War II broke out, he enlisted the U.S. Army and attained the rank of 1st Lieutenant. He served with the Allied Forces in Europe and participated in the Rhineland Campaign. Honorably discharged, he received the European African Middle Eastern Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the American Service Medal. After the war, he joined his familys business, the Hub Folding Box Company, Inc., formerly of Boston and now of Mansfield, where he worked until the age of 95. Fred was the President and owner of Hub Folding Box Company, Inc., which is the largest independent premier paper and plastic folding carton converter in the Northeast. Approaching its 100th Anniversary in 2018, Hub Folding Box Company, Inc., is a business that creates innovative custom designs and award winning packaging for leading consumer product companies. Fred ran the company with his late brothers, Joseph and Henry, and late sister Mary Millie Flavin. His children, Paul, Mark, Joseph and Jack, and his nephew, Tony, continue to operate the business today. Freds greatest love was his family, always placing his wife, children and grandchildren first. He enjoyed being with them above all else. He loved his summers on Cape Cod and weekend afternoons watching his favorite Boston sports teams. Fred was also an avid horse race enthusiast as well as an owner and breeder. He loved travelling to Saratoga to see his horses run. He was a member of the Neighborhood Club of Quincy and the Wollaston Golf Club. Beloved husband for sixty-six years of Rosalie M. (McWilliams) DiRico, he was the devoted father of Frank DiRico and his wife Jennifer of Key Largo, FL, Paul DiRico of Marshfield, Mark DiRico and his wife Lisa of Norwell, Joseph DiRico of Quincy, John Jack DiRico and his wife Krista of Marshfield, Margaret Carr and her husband Chris of Wilton, CT; loving grandfather of Sarah, Elizabeth, Katie and Emily DiRico, Fred and David DiRico, Jack, Matthew and Cameron DiRico, Timothy and Brian Carr. The last of four siblings, Fred was predeceased by Joseph DiRico and his late wife Adeline, Mary M. Millie Flavin and her late husband Aloysius, Henry DiRico and his wife Patricia (Manion) DiRico of Milton. He is also survived by many treasured nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Funeral from the Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals, 1 Independence Avenue, Quincy, on Friday, December 4, at 9 a.m. Funeral Mass in Saint Marys Church, 95 Crescent Street, West Quincy, at 10 oclock. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours at the funeral home on Thursday from 3-8 p.m. Interment with military honors at Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree, followed by a reception at the Neighborhood Club of Quincy, 27 Glendale Road, Quincy. For those who wish, donations in Freds memory may be made to The Friends of Mass General Cancer Center, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114. You are invited to visit www.thesweeneybrothers.com or call 617-472-6344.