Barbara Louise Gennetti, age 75, died unexpectedly at her home in Wilmington. Barbara was born in Stoneham, MA in 1948. She lived in Malden until 1962 when her family moved to Wilmington. Barbara was not happy when they moved because she did not want to leave her large family of cousins and the many friends she made through school but it only took a few short years for her to fall in love with Wilmington. She made so many new friends and still saw her cousins on their many visits “up north” to Wilmington. Barbara was a proud member of the WHS Class of 1966.
Barbara enjoyed many things in life but most important to her was her family. She cherished all of her nieces and nephews and treated them as if they were her own children. She loved her aunts, uncles & cousins and was so proud to tell people she was a Gennetti and a Spadafora.
Barbara was the devoted daughter of the late Daniel P Gennetti & Dorothy (Dolly) (Spadafora) Gennetti. She was the loving sister of John Gennetti, Janice and her husband Ray Owens of Wilmington, the late Peter Gennette and his wife Rachel, the late Billy Gennetti and his surviving wife Cathy, and the late David Gennetti and his surviving wife Nancy.
Barbara was also the very loving “Auntie” to Daniel and Robert “Moose” Gennette, Patricia Willcox, Chris Jones, Kerianne Gennetti, Lindsay Richard & Michael Gennetti, John Jr, Joey, Jimmy, Nick, Anthony and Thomas Gennetti, Gina Sandelli, Brianna Harrison, Chuck and Justin Vallas, Andy and Cam Owens, Miranda Schnitz, Luke Gennetti and the late Matthew Gennetti. She was so proud of being a great aunt to many great nieces and nephews.
Barbara worked for many years at Yankee Food Distributors and most recently for Anthony’s’ of Malden and AAA Tire of Wilmington before retiring in 2013.
A Funeral service will be held at the A. J. Spadafora Funeral Home, 865 Main Street, Malden, on Saturday, September 16th at 11:30am. Visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM prior to the service. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Interment will be at Wyoming Cemetery in Melrose.