THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MARCH 14, 2025 Page 23 OBITUARIES Ann M. Nigro Domenic graduated from Everett, MA public schools where he was introduced to the world of science. Upon graduation he went off to Lowell Technological Institute. During the late 1960s and through the mid-seventies he lived in New York City going to graduate school at the Belfer Graduate School of Science at O f Everett, MA, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children, on March 9, 2025 at the age of 84. She will be deeply missed. She was the devoted mother of Kelly Sordillo and her husband Ernie, Joseph W. Nigro III and his wife, Michelle Johnson, Shannon Quinn, Erin Nigro, and John Connolly Nigro. Ann was the cherished grandmother of Michelle and Nick Kenyon; Joseph W. Nigro IV; Randi and Thomas Doherty; Jack and Will Amsler; Paulina and James Straticos; Harley, Freddy, and Brady Shepard; and Sophia, Lila, and Cole Nigro. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Joseph W. Nigro Jr.; her daughter, Helene Nigro-Shepard; and her grandson, Quinn Amsler. Ann was a past president of the Everett Art Association and a real estate agent at Best Realty. Relatives and friends were welcomed to attend visiting hours on Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Rocco’s Funeral Home, 331 Main Street, Everett, MA. A Funeral Mass followed at the Immaculate Conception, 487 Broadway, Everett, MA. Interment took place at Woodlawn Cemetery, 302 Elm Street, Everett, MA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ann’s memory to the Everett Scholarship Fund, c/o Everett Public Schools, 121 Vine Street, Everett, MA 02149. A scholarship will be awarded to a graduating Everett High School student pursuing art in college. Domenic Pepe P assed away unexpectedly on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at his home in downtown Los Angeles, California. He was eighty years old. He was the son of Lucy (Ciccio) and Pasquale (Pat) Pepe, the brother of Louise Litchfield and her husband Dana, and the companion of Nancy Thao Lam. and knock out a few tunes. He liked watching old movies - his favorites were Marty, It’s a Wonderful Life, Dr. Zhivago, Fiddler on the Roof and A Man for All Seasons. In his unassuming manner, Yeshiva University, then to New York University and then on to work as an engineer. New York City in the 1960s and 70s was an exciting time in the world of physics and mathematics with many of the top minds in those fields gathered there. He then returned to the Boston area and worked as a physicist/engineer in the aerospace industry and as a teacher at a Boston college. During the 1980s he worked for a few years as the Chairman of the Everett Planning Board and with then-Mayor John McCarthy successfully stopped a coal burning plant from coming to Everett. Even while living in California he remained interested in the events and political life of his home city. He was a quiet, soft-spoken, gentle, intellectual person. He found wonder and amazement in physics from the time he was a teenager throughout his life. He read voraciously. Besides keeping up to date with physics, he read books and articles about American and world history, and biographies of prominent historical figures as well as significant entrepreneurs of business. He followed both local and world current events and politics. Music was always a part of his life. In his teens he attended the Boston Conservatory of Music on Saturday mornings where he studied the accordion. In high school he and some friends put together a band and played at local dances and other venues. He taught himself the guitar and could easily sit down at a piano Domenic was always ready to lend a hand to anyone, whether it be for a friend, relative, or a needy avian. Domenic’s interest in birds began as a child when he found a baby bird with a broken wing in the back yard. He made a bed for the bird in the garage and fed and cared for the bird until its wing healed and it flew away. Again, sometime in his forties he found another injured bird. He nursed it to health and then released it. While in California during his retirement he would take a daily walk and at a particular place he would give the sparrows he met little pieces of bread. For a few years a family of ravens joined the afternoon get-togethers. As he began to recognize the individual birds, they, in turn, grew to recognize him. They would spot him as he was walking across the bridge and come to greet him. Domenic had names for each of his winged friends. He marveled at the universe and looked towards the sky for knowledge. “Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.” (Eskimo Proverb) Domenic is interred in the Glenwood Cemetery in Everett. Joseph Albert Gadman, III Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Joe’s visitation in the Cafasso & Sons Funeral Home, 65 Clark St. (Corner of Main St.) Everett, Saturday, March 15 at 12 p.-2 p.m. with a funeral home service to follow at 2 p.m. Burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Joseph’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 would be sincerely appreciated. Parking with attendants on duty. O f Everett. Entered into eternal rest, unexpectedly on Monday, March 10, 2025 in the Tufts Medical Center in Boston. He was 43 years old. Born in Malden, Joe lived in Everett and worked for over 27 years for Arties’ Famous Sausage Carts based around the Fenway Park area. Jose was the beloved son of Joseph Albert Gadman, Jr. and Lucy A. Mazzochia; the devoted and loving fiance’ of Brittany Drapaniotis; the loving brother of James Gadman and his longtime partner, Vickie Villance; Stephanie Gadman and the late Anthony Gadman; great-nephew of Arlene DiFabbio and Pat Brady; nephew of Maureen and Salvatore Onnesimo, Jean and Demal Latanowich, Jane Scoppa, Nancy and Marcus Johnson, Michael Scoppa, Marie Mazzochia, and the late James Mazzochia. Joe is also survived by Brittany’s parents-John and Donna Drapaniotis and Naytalia and Nayali Drapaniotis, and many loving cousins and friends.
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