Page 2 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – Friday, January 10, 2020 We Now Offer For Your Eating Pleasure “UBER EATS” Convenient Delivery Service Bianchi’s Pizza and Renzo’s Full Menu To Go ~ Renzo’s Entertainment Schedule ~ * Thursday: Joey Canzano * Friday: Smokin Joe Saturday: Tony Martelli * Sunday, 3 p.m. : DJ George Entertainment Wed. Thru Sat. 7:30 p.m. 381 Revere Beach Blvd., Revere 781-284-5600 Facebook.com/ advocate.news.ma Saugus mourns the death of longtime town Building Maintenance Supervisor Materese T he Town of Saugus’s Building Maintenance Supervisor, Ralph M. Materese, had planned to return to work with the Town had his health improved. But nearly a year after he was stricken with an illness that kept him from his job, Materese, 68, died on Tuesday at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. “Ralph was a great guy, he treated the Town Buildings as if they were his own,” Board of Selectmen Chair Anthony W. Cogliano, Sr. emailed in a statement this week to The Saugus Advocate. “He was available 24 hrs a day and could handle any of the trades. Shoveling snow, electrical work, plumbing and carpentry....Ralph did it all, and he did it with a smile,” Cogliano said. “I wish I had the opportunity to recognize him for his 24 dedicated years of service to Saugus. He will surely be missed by everyone. On behalf of the entire Board of Selectmen, I send our sincere condoSKATING CENTER www.Roller-World.com | 781-231-1111 ATM on site Sunday Located Adjacent to Rite Aid Pharmacy in Saugus Plaza, South Bound Route 1 MBTA Bus Route 429 FREE WI-FI - 2 WIDE SCREEN TV’S FULLY AIR CONDITIONED WINTER SKATING SCHEDULE ATTENTION! 12-8 p.m. $7.50 Monday Private Parties Tuesday School & PTO GROUPS 7:30-10:30 p.m. Adult Night 18+ only $8.50 Wednesday Private Parties Thursday Private Parties 3-11 p.m. $7.50 Friday Saturday Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 12-11 p.m. $7.50 Admission after 6 p.m. $8.50 Skates included in price/Blades $3 Bowling Alleys, 2 snack bars, video games. School Vacation Weeks 12-8 p.m. Admission $7.50 Win a trip for 2 to Las Vegas Bellagio Hotel Jet Blue Air 5 days / 4 nights Your school PTO can for your group. Call for details. BIRTHDAY PARTIES $11.50/Person, min. of 10 kids. Price includes Adm. + Roller Skates. Cake, soda, paper goods, 20 tokens for birthday person plus 100 Redemption Tickets and a gift from Roller World in one of our private BP Rooms. lences to the Materese Family.” At the beginning of Tuesday night’s meeting, the selectmen paused for a moment of silence, in memory of Materese, who was hired to work full-time for the Town of Saugus on June 12, 1996; he served Saugus for 23 years and seven months. Born in Boston and raised in Melrose, Materese was a graduate of Melrose High School and had just celebrated his 50th class reunion. Materese leaves his wife, Donna M. (Bono) Materese – they were married for 33 years –and his mother and his two children, Ginamarie Materese and Ralph Materese, Jr., both of Melrose, along with his two grand-pups, Saco and River. Calling hours are scheduled from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home (549 Lincoln Ave., Saugus). A funeral will be held from the funeral home tomorrow (Saturday) at 9 a.m. followed by a funeral mass in Blessed Sacrament Church (14 Summer St., Saugus) at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose. In lieu of fl owers, donations in his memory can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (www.stjude.org). “He’s one of the greatest bosses I’ve had in my life,” custodian Chris Tully said in an interview last year, shortly after Materese was stricken with health problems. “If you needed a shirt, he’d give the shirt right off his back. And when he goes on vacation, he worries about the town “A GREAT GUY”: Ralph M. Materese, who worked for the Town of Saugus for nearly 24 years, passed away this week (Courtesy Photo to The Saugus Advocate) so much that he calls every day,” Tully said. “He was so concerned about the snowstorm we got Sunday that he talked to somebody about coming back and helping.” Many town residents and admirers left note of condolences on the funeral home website this week. “He was a wonderful man, full of kindness coupled with a genuinely helpful nature. His gentlemanly attitude and smile will be missed,” former Saugus School Committee Member Linda Gaieski wrote. Debra Dion Faust, House Manager of the American Legion Post 210, wrote, “Ralph was a great town employee who always took good care of our needs quickly and effi - ciently.” “I’m sure we will not be the only ones to miss his smile and his capabilities,” she wrote. • • •
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