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Anna passed away on Wednesday January 20
th
while rehabilitating at the Lighthouse Nursing Center in Revere following a brief period of declining health and aging. She was 94 years of age. Born in Newington, New Hampshire she was one of ten children given to the late Stephen and Urstina Mary (Rockowitz) DeMetrick. A longtime Chelsea resident she garnered her early education, married and settled in Chelsea. In the mid 1940's during WWII, she joined the home wartime effort working as a Production Aide for the BF Goodrich Company in Watertown manufacturing rubberized garments and boots for the troops overseas. Anna held a lifelong devotion to St. Mary's Orthodox Church in Chelsea and was a member of St. Mary's Council and the Church Women's Guild. She had been a resident of Revere for the last 20 years. In addition to her parents, Anna was predeceased by her beloved husband Alexis Melesciuc, her loving daughter Arlene Burke, son-in-law Robert L. Burke and siblings; the late Olga Beeler, Mary Pierro, Alice Freitas, Stephen and John DeMetrick, Raymond, Fred, Paul and Henry Metrick. She is survived by grandchildren, John Burke and Jennie Solis with her husband Javier, all of Revere and she was the adored great grandmother of Alexis Solis.
ARRANGEMENTS: Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend her Funeral gathering and visitation from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Wednesday January 27 th , from 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 PM Followed by a Funeral Matins and Divine Liturgy Service at the Nativity of the Ever-Virgin (St. Mary) Orthodox Church, 8 Addison St., Chelsea at 1:00 PM Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
ARRANGEMENTS: Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend her Funeral gathering and visitation from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Wednesday January 27 th , from 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 PM Followed by a Funeral Matins and Divine Liturgy Service at the Nativity of the Ever-Virgin (St. Mary) Orthodox Church, 8 Addison St., Chelsea at 1:00 PM Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.
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Funeral Service
January
27
Wednesday
Nativity of the Ever-Virgin (St. Mary's) Orthodox Church
Starts at 1:00 pm
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