Agnes S.

Getz

Agnes passed away on Saturday December 26 at the Kaplan Family Hospice in Danvers.  She was 82 years of age and was living courageously with kidney disease for the last 5 years.

Born in Woburn she grew up in Chelsea, one of eleven children of the late Anthony and Sara (Polizzie) Scuturio.   She married James Getz in 1957 and together raised their own family of two sons and two daughters.

Agnes also worked for over 15 years at the now defunct Standard Box in Chelsea, retiring when the factory closed down.  A resident of Chelsea for most of her life she has been residing in Peabody for the past 25 years.

The door to her home and heart was always open to visits from her grandchildren.  She was widowed in 2000 after 43 years of love and devotion with her beloved James Getz, Sr.

In addition to her parents and husband she was also predeceased by a daughter, Sandra Muzarol, a son, James Getz, Jr. four sisters; Anna Maine, Nancy Griswold, "Dolly" Florence Roche and Lena Iodice, five brothers; Samuel, Anthony, Thomas, Joseph and Richard Scuturio.

She is the beloved mother of William Getz of Peabody, Debra Getz Baseman of Gloucester. Loving mother-in-Law of Joseph Baseman of Reading and Edward Muzarol of Peabody. Dear sister of Robert Scuturio of Chelsea, Cherished grandmother of Cheryl Say and her husband Sam, Alicia Young and her husband Derek, Jessica Harold and her husband Jerry, Gina Muzarol, Joshua Baseman and his wife Ember, Derek Baseman and Taylah Baseman and she was the adored great grandmother of 5.

ARRANGEMENTS: Visiting hours will be held from the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea on Tuesday December 29th from 4 – 7 P.M.  Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend.

All attendees are required to wear face coverings, practice physical distancing when greeting the family, pay their respects and exit the funeral home to allow other guests to enter.

Funeral from the Welsh Funeral Home on Wednesday December 30th at 9:00 A.M.  Followed by a funeral mass at St. Rose Church, 600 Broadway Chelsea at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with interment at Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn.

Ample parking opposite funeral home.

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