Dena Lynn Perillo

Dena Lynn Perillo, 52, of Bradford, passed away on Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Boston Medical Center-Brighton. She was born in Methuen on October 23, 1972, daughter of Anthony L. and Gloria M. (Apice) Perillo. Dena was educated in the Lawrence School System and graduated from Greater Lawrence Technical High School with the Class of 1991. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses-Haverhill South Congregation and was very active in her faith. Fighting a lifelong illness did not deter Dena from loving fiercely and always having a ready smile. Family was everything to her and she loved her nieces and nephews and cared for them as much as if they were her own children. Dena's passions included animals, nature, and Disney, and she would talk up a storm about her favorite subjects with a sweet innocence that only she could exude. In addition to her loving parents, Dena is survived by her two sisters, Assunta (Susan) Jamrow and her husband Jason of Haverhill, and Melinda Beliveau and her husband Stephen of Haverhill, her brother Anthony Perillo, Jr., and his wife Angela of Canterbury, NH, as well as her eight nieces and nephews: Morgan, Tessa, Nicholas, Anthony III, Elisia, Alara, Joseph, and Haley. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend her calling hours on Thursday, July 3, 2025, from 10AM - 12PM in the H.L. Farmer & Sons Bradford Funeral Home, 210 South Main St., Bradford. Her interment will follow in the Elmwood Cemetery, Bradford. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to help the family with expenses through the "donate now" link on Dena's tribute page on the funeral home website. To share a memory or for more information, please visit www.farmerfuneralhomes.com