…Tewksbury Selectmen’s secretary; 72
TEWKSBURY - Eleanor M. (White) Celino, age 72, a member of a large well known Tewksbury family, died peacefully on Monday afternoon, December 23, at the Blairehouse of Tewksbury, where she had been in residence for the past three years. She was the beloved wife of James A. “Buzzy” Celino Jr., with whom she had celebrated a 54th wedding anniversary this past June 6th.
She was born in Cambridge, April 11, 1941, the oldest of eleven children of the late John and Eleanor (McCarthy) White, and was raised in Tewksbury. She graduated from Tewksbury Memorial High School with the Class of 1958.
She was employed as a secretary, initially at several area private medical offices, and later, in the Tewksbury Selectman’s office, which would become the Town Manager’s office for the Town of Tewksbury.
She was a very kind and caring person who devoted her entire life to her family.
Besides her husband, Buzzy, who now resides in Dracut, she leaves two sons, Michael Celino of Dracut, and James A. Celino III and his wife Janet of No. Charlestown, SC; a daughter, Kathleen MacNeil and her husband Daniel of Tewksbury; six grandchildren, Danielle, Brandi, Bryce, Caitlin, Daniel, and Colleen; and her siblings, John “Jack” White and his wife Marcia of Wilmont, NH, Linda Roy and her husband Ronald of Tewksbury, Wayne White and his wife Anne of Lowell, William “Bill” White and his wife Connie of Pinellas Park, FL, Gerald “Jerry” White and his wife Donna of No. Andover, Bryan White of Weston, FL, Judith “Judy” DesMeules and her husband Robert of Goffstown, NH, Kevin White of Lowell, a brother-in-law, Larry Driscoll of FL; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Diane White, Carol Driscoll, and sister-in-law Marianne White.
Her Funeral Mass was celebrated Saturday, Dec. 28, in St. William’s Church, Tewksbury. Burial will be in St. Mary Cemetery, No. Tewksbury. Memorials to the Alzheimer’s Assn., 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02472, will be appreciated.