Page 18 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, May 24, 2024 OBITUARIES Rose Mary (Duffy) Mattuchio Of Malden. Passed away on May 9, 2024. Beloved wife of Francis Mattuchio. Loving mother of Lorraine Ann Mattchio, Patrick & Debbie Mattuchio Adored Grandmother of Allan and his wife Kara O’Neil-Freeman, Tyler Anthony Freeman, Hayley Anne Freeman, Jimmy Mattuchio & Melissa and her husband Jamie Kirkpatrick. Great-grandmother of Kylie Freeman & Rian Santiago. Sister of Breige,Sean,Anne, Patrick & Francie. Rose is also survived by many nieces, nephews & good friends. A wake was held at Salvatore Rocco & Sons Funeral Home, Everett on Thursday, May 16th. Interment was private. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for memorial contributions to be made in her name to American Stroke Association 7272 Greenville Ave., Dallas,TX 75231 Anna Vincenza (Giannantonio) Russo COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS Y ou can claim your social security benefits once you reach age 62. However, if you begin collecting at age 62, your benefits will be permanently reduced by 25% to 30%, depending on your birth year. Furthermore, if you begin collecting at age 62 and you are still working, you will have your benefits further reduced once your income exceeds a certain level. Once you reach your full retirement age, you can earn as much as you want without suffering a reduction of benefits. For those born in 1960 or later, the full retirement age is 67. If, for example, you were born in 1958, your full retirement age would be 66 and 8 months. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has a table that you can go by to determine what your full retirement age is and how much your benefits will be reduced by claiming early and how much they will be increased by waiting to age 70 to collect. If you wait beyond age 70 to collect, you will not receive any higher benefit. If you delay collecting your social security benefits until after your full retirement age, your benefits will increase 8% each year until age 70. One benefit of this strategy is if you were to die at age 71, your surviving spouse who was married to you for at least 10 years would receive 100% of your monthly benefit. If that surviving spouse did not have a higher monthly benefit under his or her own work history and did not have a sufficient state pension to live on, as well as significant liquid assets, that could be very important for the surviving spouse in order to continue with his or her standard of living. If a spouse collects benefits under his or her spouse’s work history, those benefits will be permanently reduced if that spouse begins collecting prior to his or her full retirement age. If you were to die after reaching your full retirement age, your surviving spouse would then be able to collect 100% of your monthly benefit, including the increased benefit you might be receiving as a result of waiting until age 70 to collect benefits. You can claim a surviving spouse social security benefit under your deceased spouse’s work history at age 60 and then transition to your own work history at your full retirement age assuming this would result in a higher monthly benefit. Furthermore, you could even wait until age 70 to collect under your work history resulting in even a higher monthly benefit. I would suggest establishing an account on the www.ssa.gov website to review your work history and to make sure all of your earnings have been posted properly. Go onto the retirement calculator tab to project your estimated benefits based upon retiring at full retirement age or at age 70. You would input your expecting earnings as well. If a divorced spouse remarries, he or she would lose the opportunity to collect benefits based upon the previous spouse’s work history. That is a real important consideration for divorced couples. . Joseph D. Cataldo is an estate planning/elder law attorney, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, AICPA Personal Financial Specialist and holds a master’s degree in taxation. Of Melrose, MA. Passed away peacefully in Danvers, MA on Friday, May 10, 2024 at the age of 89. Born in Malden, MA on MUSINGS | FROM PAGE 6 adult lives. The tight-knit community of Edgeworth taught old country customs of family, neighborhood and friendship (as well as some old country parental guidance) as the cornerstone of our lives. ● For MPD Commissioner “Butchie” Gennetti, the weekend brings back memories of his father, Salvatore, who sold lamb skewers at the Festa. He would place young Sal in his bassinet as a child and offer skewers of lamb to the Rocco crowd – making sure young Salvatore got his fair share of lamb. ● For Saint Rocco President Joyce Mover memories of her grandfather, Joe Smarrella, who lived at the “50-yard line of the Feast” at 271 Pearl St. and the moment in years past when the Saint would make its grand entrance being carried out of the old Saint Peter’s Church. ● To Saint Rocco Society member Dom Fermano, it brings back memories of his father, Tony, and how in 1974 his dad prayed that he could make it to one last Feast. Through shear faith he made it to Aug. 5, 1975, and was buried on that Saturday of Saint Rock weekend. ● Joyce sums up the weekend like this: “For one weekend every year Edgeworth is the piazza of Malden, the gathering place for the whole city of Malden. We look forward to our 94th anniversary in 2024. We hope everyone will come down and experience the “Saint Rocco Magic.” Viva San Rocco!” Malden, beyond Edgeworth... one outstanding Malden hoopster of yesteryear I overlook is Dave Slaine. Dave was 1978 Malden High School Class, 6th man as a junior, and varsity Co-Captain as a senior. Playing three years at MHS, Dave was a key contributor coming off the bench as a junior, spelling the likes of future July 12, 1934, Anna was the daughter of the late Domenic Giannantonio and the late Agnes (Di Giambattista) Giannantonio. Anna grew up in Malden, MA and graduated from Malden High School ‘52. Upon completing high school, Anna attended the New England School of Design, followed by administrative roles at a small home building supply store, located in Malden and at Monsanto Chemical Co. in Everett, MA between 1956 and 1964. While working at Monsanto, Anna was the magazine covergirl of the Radio-ElectronHall of Famers John Furlong and Shawn Brickman (“giving a shot of energy,” as teammate Furgie mentioned to me). His consistent play as a junior gave Coach (Jack) Schlagel enough confidence to name Dave captain as a senior along with Eric Dannenberg (stats unavailable, books lost to the ages – possibly 8 ppg from what reliable sources have told me). As a ninth grader at Beebe, Dave was the starting quarterback. A hip injury sidelined him for the season. Doctors told him he would never play contact sports again. Three short years later he was co-captain at MHS – leading the Greater Boston League in scoring with 18.5 ppg. According to reliable sources, the scorebooks from those years are lost. I am guesstimating Dave had 500+ points scored for his three-year career – culminating in a stellar senior year on a very young team rebuilding from losing two all-stars the previous year. Dave played two seasons at Clark U before the hip injury finally took its toll. Dave moved to Manhattan after school to pursue a career in finance. From Smith Barney to Morgan Stanley to becoming a partner at Galleon Hedge Fund to starting his own firm in 2001 – successful in every endeavor. Dave lives happily with his wife and daughter in Delray Beach, Florida, these days, but he will always call Malden home. On a side note, Dave’s success in business has allowed him to make generous financial contributions to Malden organizations and entities that are near and dear to his heart. His love for Malden has not been relegated to contacting Joe Levine for the latest box score. Dave has been very magnanimous with contributions to the Malden Recreation Department, Malden Intramural Sports and the Golden Tornado Club. ics, December 1964 issue representing her employer, Monsanto Chemical Co. In 1984 Anna re-entered the workforce after raising her three daughters as a full-time stay at home mom. Anna excelled and bloomed in her position as a Decorator Consultant at Sears Roebuck and Co. She enjoyed configuring the implementation of Sears model home show at the New England Home Show in Boston, MA, to include window treatments, furniture, and accessories. Anna was responsible for marketing drapery products, developing new clients as well OBITS | SEE PAGE 19 Dave is in my own personal Hall of Fame (still working on the MHS HOF). He’s been a great friend over the years and his love for Malden and his childhood in Malden are still held close to his heart, even from 1,452 miles away. As Peter Falk’s iconic TV character Columbo would say, “Just one more thing, sir” – as we approach the 94th Annual Feast of Saint Rocco (Aug 9-11), we take time to recall how blessed we are to keep this tradition of ours alive for these many years. When a group of Italian immigrants living in Edgeworth assembled for the first time in 1929, it was to honor a tradition they brought with them from their homeland of Italy. We often think how proud they would be to know that their memory is alive and well in 2024. The spirit of San Rocco lives in our hearts, this gives us the strength to carry on the tradition of our forefathers. Mille grazie, many thanks to all of you for being part of the San Rock Festa tradition and supporting us throughout the years. Please join us once again on August 9 through 11 for “The Feast”! The greatest event in the city of Malden for over 90 years! Postscript 1: Of course, Dave makes my top Malden Jewish hoopsters from the past 60 years list: Dave Slaine; Jackie Maltzman; Joe Levine; Harvey Nadler; Irwin Zalko; Charlie Conefrey; Shawn, Keith & Jonathan Brickman; Scott Solomon & Barry Alman. Postscript 2: Francis K. Brown. “As long as we live, they too will live; for they are now a part of us; as we remember them.” Jewish Prayer. TBC... —Peter is a longtime Malden resident and a regular contributor to The Malden Advocate and can be reached at PeteL39@aol.com for comments, compliments or criticisms.
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