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Phyllis Teneriello

     Phyllis (Scacchi) Teneriello, 92, died Friday morning, April 20, 2007 at Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett.  Phyllis was born in Lynn, on December 26, 1914, the daughter of the late Arduino & Theresa Scacchi.

      Phyllis was raised in the Malden and educated in the Malden school system. After completing her schooling, she later met and would marry her sweetheart, Joseph E. Teneriello. The couple was married in Sacred Hearts Church,  Malden in 1931 and stayed in Malden  and started a family.  They spent the next forty-one years together caring for their family until Joe’s passing in 1972.  She was a life long resident of Malden.

       Phyllis was fond of cooking, and once stated that she was making round ravioli’s way before they even came out in the stores.  She also loved baking  pies and cooking home made macaroni, something she did every Sunday for all to enjoy.  In her spare time she enjoyed gambling and going to Wonderland Dog track and Las Vegas. She also enjoyed traveling and taking cruises with her family.  Phyllis loved shopping and was one that never passed up a good deal at the store.          

        She is survived by her son Joseph E. Teneriello Jr.  and his wife Corene of Dracut, Robert  P.  Teneriello and his wife Judy of Malden, Peter M. Teneriello and Christine A. Teneriello both of Malden, and her daughter-in-law Patricia Teneriello of Malden, Howard Thompson a life long family friend of Boston. Phyllis was the cherished grandmother of nine grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband Joseph E. Teneriello Sr., and her son Ralph A. “Chickie” Teneriello Sr. and four brothers and one sister. 

Visitation will be held at the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St. Malden on Sunday, April 22, 2007 from 4-8  PM.

       Funeral from the Weir-MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St. Malden, on Monday  April 23rd  at 8 AM,  followed by a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph’s Church, 770 Salem St., Malden at  9 AM. Burial will immediately follow in the Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden.

 

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