Lydia (Lava)

Tamagna

Lydia passed away on Monday October 28 at the Hathorne Hill Nursing Center in Danvers where she was receiving supportive care over the last few years.  Born and raised in Chelsea she was the beloved daughter of the late Serge and Christine (Kachuck) Lava.  Lydia attended and was graduated from Chelsea High School.  She completed her education at Bentley College.   She was married to Joseph A. Tamagna and shared 50 years together up to the time of his passing in 2011.  She was a career bookkeeper and worked at the Cambridge Company and NE Produce before retiring in 1998.  Lydia and her husband resided briefly in Revere but remained a lifelong resident of Chelsea in her heart.  She was a devoted member of the former Nativity of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church in Chelsea.  She was a member of the St. Mary's Women's Guild and served as treasurer on the Parish Council.  In addition to her husband and parents, Lydia was predeceased by a nephew James A. Dunn, Jr. and a niece Christine Dube.  She is lovingly survived by nieces and nephews; Sandra Walsh, JoAnn Goodridge, Julie Grant, Stanley Broda, Robert Dunn, Kenny Lava and John Lava.  She is also survived by several grandnieces and nephews and great grandnieces and nephews.

ARRANGEMENTS:  Her funeral will begin from the Welsh Funeral Home, 718 Broadway, Chelsea on Friday November 1 ^st at 10:00 A.M.  Followed by Funeral Matins to be held in the Ever-Virgin Romanian Orthodox Church (formerly St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church), 8 Addison St., Chelsea at 11:00 A.M. Services will conclude with interment at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody.   Relatives and friends are most kindly invited to attend.  Visiting hours will be held at the Welsh Funeral Home on Thursday from 5 - 8 P.M. A Panikhida Service will be held in the Funeral Home at 6:30 P.M. Funeral home fully handicap accessible, ample parking opposite funeral home.