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Michael
Joseph Fucci Michael J. Fucci Jr., 70, died Wednesday morning June 9, 2004 at the Wilmington Health Care Center in Wilmington, MA after a battle with cancer. Mr. Fucci was a life long resident of Malden and was educated in the Malden schools system. Mike went into the family business at the former Linden Caterers in the Linden Square section of Malden, where he worked for most of his life. He took over management of the business after the passing of his father Michael J. Fucci Sr., and continued in that role until the business was sold in the 1980's. From that point Mike worked various other jobs, finally retiring in 1999. Mike loved family, holidays, cooking and baseball, especially the Detroit Tigers. As a young man he umpired baseball games for the Malden Little League. He was known to friends and family as a fierce competitor in all kinds of card and board games. He is survived by his wife Shirley J. (Ruggles) Fucci of Woburn, his daughters, Donna L. McKenna of Maynard, Linda J. Catania of Tewksbury, and his grandchildren Kenneth W. Terrell III of Natick, Matthew A. Terrell of W. Roxbury, Nicholas T. Catania of Tewksbury, Kassidy Flickinger of Tewksbury. He was the brother of Carmella Nelson of Malden, Frances Miuse of Everett, Anna Fitzpatrick of Florida, Bridget Bryan of Medford, Carol McCarthy of Malden, Charlotte Brickley of Danville, NH and Joseph Fucci of Haverhill and had numerous nieces and nephews all of whom he loved dearly. Mike was born August 8, 1933 in Malden, MA. He was preceded in death by his father Michael J. Fucci Sr. and his mother Catherine M. Severino, and by his sister Carolyn Brett. Visitation will be held at Weir -MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St. Malden, on Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that you make some special effort to help a needy child, in his memory. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 12, 2004, at 10AM in the Weir Funeral Home with the Rev. James Cox of Centre United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody.
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