James B.

Barry, Jr.

At 81 years of age, after battling Leukemia for the past two years, James passed away Wednesday evening at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers. Born and raised in Chelsea, he was the beloved and only child of the late James B., Sr. and Nancy L. (Lanzo) Barry. His mother died while he was still a toddler. He was raised by his father, aided with the help and guidance of his grandmother and the Lanzo family. He attended Our Lady of Grace parochial school and graduated from Chelsea High School.  He was trained in auto body repair and worked for many years with Mastercraft Auto Body Shop on Heard St. in Chelsea.  He completed his career at Commercial Auto Body in Malden, retiring in 1999. His life centered on work, family and home life.  In his lifetime Jim enjoyed home vegetable gardening, growing various crops of tomatoes, eggplant, zucchini squash, herbs and more from his Chelsea garden.  He would proudly share the fruits of his labor with his family making homemade soups, cooking fresh vegetable dishes and sharing his homegrown produce from his car as if it were a private farm stand and growers market. In addition to his parents and beloved grandmother he was also preceded in death by his uncle Alfonso Lanzo, his aunts; Lucy Larcome, Margaret Denis, Rose Palermo and Anna Guanci. He is survived by his loving cousins; Jane Vivona and her husband Ben of Wilmington, William Lanzo and his wife Dolores of Burlington, godchild, Nancy Montalbano and her husband Paul of Andover.  He is also survived by many more cousins and beloved extended family members.

ARRANGEMENTS: His Funeral will begin from the Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home 718 Broadway CHELSEA on Monday April 25 ^th , at 9:30 A.M.  Followed by a Funeral Mass of Christian Burial in Our Lady of Grace Church 59 Nichols St. Chelsea at 10:30 A.M. Services will conclude with Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett.  Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend.  Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Sunday from 2 – 6 PM.  Funeral Home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite Funeral Home.

Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O.Box 849168 Boston, MA 02284-9168. Click link to give on line