Joseph K.

Montesanti

Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to gather and attend a Funeral Mass honoring the life of Joseph K. Montesanti on Thursday, February 29th at St. Michael the Archangel Chapel, 91 Crest Ave, Chelsea beginning at 9:30 A.M. the gathering will be followed by his Mass at 10:30 A.M.  Following Military Honors at the chapel, Joseph will be placed to rest at the Massachusetts National Cemetery in Bourne.

At 70 years of age, Joseph passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday February 21st the Mass. General Hospital in Boston.

Born and raised in East Boston, Joseph was one of five children of the late Joseph Montesanti and Josephine (Petrillia) Montesanti-Villa.

Joseph attended Boston Public Schools and resided in East Boston for most of his life.  He enlisted into the US Navy during the Vietnam War and served aboard the USS Halakala as a radio operator.  He was honorably discharged in 1976.

After returning home to East Boston, he held various jobs, and during the Third Harbor Tunnel project he worked as a mail clerk for the Mass. Dept. of Transportation.

He was resident at the Chelsea Soldiers Home for the past 20 years.  In his lifetime Joseph enjoyed a good game of chess with friends or watching Star Trek episodes and movies along with other Sci-Fi movies, listening to music, collecting coins and stamps.

Joseph is lovingly survived by his twin sister Mary Montesanti of Nashua, and sister Dolores Villa of NH, brothers, William Villa of Chicago, and Peter Montesanti of GA.  He is also survived by his four nephews, three nieces and one grandnephew.