at the Kaplan Hospice House in Danvers.
He was the husband of the late Barbara Ann (Fuller) Carpinella.
Born in Lynn, MA on June 26, 1933, he was the son of the late Gerald M. Carpinella, Sr.
and Mary (Moleti) Carpinella, and brother of the late Gloria Carpinella Kallelis. Jerry
graduated from Lynn Classical High School in 1951 and was drafted into the United States
Army in 1953 during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged in 1955 and started his
career working for the Railway Express until 1975. Jerry obtained his Associates Degree
late in life at Newbury College and began his next career as a health inspector with the
City of Lynn. Jerry was later appointed as the Lynn Health Department Director,
retiring in 2004.
Jerry grew up on Summer Street in Lynn in an area called “the brickyard” where he
made lifelong friends. He was a parishioner at St. Francis most of his life and became
very involved in many church activities. He truly enjoyed helping others in any way he
could. Jerry was a huge jazz enthusiast and attended live performances often with his
fellow music lovers. He had a wonderful sense of humor and always found something
to laugh about, and was never short on jokes at the dinner table every night. Above all
else, he loved his family and spent most of his free time visiting with his kids,
grandkids and friends, eating pizza at Prince, lounging in the sun wearing his favorite
blue jeans and scratching lottery tickets. In the end, he did it his way - Sinatra.
Surviving Jerry are his four beloved children, Michael Carpinella and his wife Colleen
of Stoneham, Gina Navaroli and her loving partner J.J. McManus of Lynn, David
Carpinella and his wife Jennifer of Wilmington, and Paula Carpinella and her loving
partner Salvatore Airofarulla of Nahant; his six wonderful grandchildren, whom he
loved dearly, Daniel and Alyssa Navaroli, Gabrielle, Francesca, Christian, and Matthew
Carpinella; his brother-in-law Nick Kallelis and his four nieces, Karen, Lisa, Cindi, and
Kris, as well as many other dear relatives and friends.
Arrangements: At the request of the family, a celebration of Jerry’s life will be held at a
later date, when all are able to gather and share memories. As an expression of
sympathy, donations in Jerry’s honor may be made to either Hospice of the North
Shore, Kaplan Family Hospice, 75 Sylvan St., Suite B102, Danvers, MA 01923,
Alzheimer’s Foundation of America or to the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea.
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