THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, SEpTEmbER 6, 2024 Page 17 Author Stephen Rocco spoke at Community Reads Book Club Brunch Special to Th e Advocate E arlier this year the Community Reads Book Club was excited to welcome author and poet Stephen Rocco. The Club read his book “The Girl Who Woke Up in the Morgue” for its April meeting. Stephen spoke passionately about what inspired him to write the book and how his characters were developed. Rocco has alsowritten “From Conflict to Cooperation: Succeed with Rocco’s 4R’s,” “The Ecstasy of Pupusas: Filled with Love,” and “The Mystery in the Mausoleum.” Rocco is a third-generation funeral director and has worked as a family mediator. He holds a Master’s in counseling from the University of Massachusetts. He was an instructor in the mortuary education program at Mt. Ida College and Co-Director of the school’s National Center for Death Education. He has written and spoken extensively about OBITUARIES the funeral profession, authoring over 20 nationally published articles. Stephen and his wife, Lidia, have been blessed with four children and four grandchildren. He is currently working on his next two books and has hinted that one is about horse racing and the other is about a stalker in a funeral home. He said he enjoyed the feedback and it was his first time speaking before a book club. Following the talk, he joined the group for brunch and participated in the Club’s discussion of the May book, “The Elephant of Belfast: A Novel” by S. Kirk Walsh. The Community Reads Book Club celebrated its second birthday in March. Special thank you to Sal and Tricia Sacro for supporting community events at Sacro PIaza and providing healthy food choices for the brunch celebration. For more info, access the Offi cial Site of Stephen Rocco at https://stephenrocco.com/ Robert P. McDonough O f Everett . Died at his summer home in York Beach, Maine on August 29th, 2024. He was 83. Loving son of the late Arthur McDonough and the late Elizabeth Kalogeros. Loving husband of 55 years to Julie (Crowley) McDonough. They married on September 21st, 1968. Loving father of John and his wife Carrie of Chicopee, Thomas and his wife Carol of Braintree, and Patricia of Everett. Cherished grandfather of Jack, Ryan, Kevin, Meghan, Owen, and Maggie. Bob proudly served in the US Army and worked at Gillette as a mechanical inspector for 35 years. He loved spending summers in York Beach with his wife and family since 1970. At the family’s request, services will be private. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Bob’s memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project @ www.woundedwarriorproject.org or to the charity of your choice. Marion L. “Hokey” Colameta M arion L (Thorne) Colameta “Hokey” age 88. A longtime resident of Everett passed away on September 4, 2024 at the Care Dimensions Hospice House in Lincoln, MA. Marion was born on June 14, 1936 to the late Robie and Nora Thorne. She was raised in Cochituate, MA and graduated from Wayland High School. Marion is the beloved wife of the late Joseph T. Colameta, Jr. who she had shared 65 years of marriage; devoted mother to Patricia Lyon of Methuen, Paul Colameta of Everett, Philip Colameta and his wife Dawn of Everett, Joseph Colameta and his partner, Julia of North Reading, and Janet Colameta of Everett. Loving Nana to Stephanie and Christopher Lyon, Deanna DiCicco and her husband Scott, and Kayla Colameta and her fi ancé Anthony, adoring Nana Hokey to Cameron and Ellie DiCicco and Archer and Alice MacRitchie, loving sister to Carolyn Brumber and Priscilla Wilson. She is predeceased by her brother, Robert Thorne, and her sisters Eleanor Harmon, Alice Moran, and Doris Longtine. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews Arrangements to be announced by Cafasso Funeral Home, Everett, MA. Tony Bartolo, Owner Email: Tonys9942@aol.com
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