DUDLEY - Shawn David Marengo, 31, passed away on Friday September 29, 2023 in a tragic car accident.
Shawn was born on March 3, 1992 to Scott and Kristin (Fiske) Marengo in Worcester, MA. He was the middle child to 1 older brother and 1 younger sister. Shawn grew up in Dudley, MA and graduated from Shepherd Hill Regional High School in 2010. As a student, Shawn discovered his great love for music and performance. Playing the saxophone in middle school, he became an incredible self-taught guitar and piano player and was an extremely talented singer. Shawn will always be remembered for his enthusiastic performances for the Shepherd Hill Show Choirs where he was a pit band member for Illusion and a stage performer for Fantasy.
Upon graduating high school, Shawn attended UMASS Lowell where he was a Music Performance major for 2 years. As a freshman, he began performing with the "Hawkapella" all men's a capella group as well as playing the role of "Collins" in the musical "Rent", one of his all-time favorite shows, in a memorable performance.
Following his time in Lowell, Shawn began working at Greenwood Industries of Worcester. In his time there, Shawn worked his way up from working in the warehouse as a delivery driver to becoming an Estimator, where Shawn's knack for numbers allowed him to excel in his position.
Shawn was the life of the party and will be remembered for his vibrant personality, quick wit and his insanely kind heart and soul. Shawn was so loved and deserved nothing but the best that this world had to offer. Besides his love for life, Shawn was a member of Maple Hill Disc Golf and had a passion and gift for disc golf. In his younger years, Shawn was a talented hockey player with the Worcester Crusaders, Baystate Sharks and the Outlaws as well as a talent on the Shepherd Hill Varsity Lacrosse team, lacrosse travel team, and many other sports teams in town. His love for sports went beyond playing as he had a passion for the Boston Bruins, Red Soxs, Celtics and Patriots. He was a die-hard fan.
Shawn is survived by his loving parents, Scott and Kristin (Fiske) Marengo of Dudley; his older brother, Brian Marengo and his wife Crystal (Valley) Marengo and their daughter Elianna all of Eastford, CT; and his younger sister, Kaitlyn (Marengo) Coen and her husband Adam Coen and their son Bennett of Westminster; Shawn also leaves behind his great-grandmother, Phyllis (Sheldon) Conder of Worcester; maternal grandparents, Gerald and Carol (Conder) Fiske of Boylston; paternal grandparents, Paul and Ramona (Gordon) Marengo Sr. of Dudley; as well as his uncle, Paul Marengo, Jr. and wife Darlene; aunt, Christine Scanlon and husband David; aunt, Michelle Lundstrom and husband Glen; uncle, Nathan Fiske, Sr. and wife Jillian; uncle, Matthew Fiske, Sr. and wife Melissa; aunt, Bethany Shea and husband Matthew; many cousins and a load of friends including his lifelong friend, Nicole Painchaid of Shrewsbury, and his two best friends, Michael Galli of Webster and Christopher Valentini of Manchester, NH. Shawn was predeceased by his aunt Amie Fiske, as well as his great-grandmother Helen “Candy Gram” Fiske and many other grandparents.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 11:00 AM in High Pointe Church, 1208 Thompson Rd, Thompson, CT (please meet at church). Burial will be private. Calling hours will be held on Friday, October 13, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM in the Sitkowski, Malboeuf & Hickey Funeral Home, 340 School Street, Webster. The family kindly requests that flowers be omitted and instead a donation in Shawn’s memory be made to the Connie Vanco Galli Scholarship Fund, 68 Dudley-Oxford Road, Dudley, MA 01571. This scholarship is for a senior high school music student at Shepherd Hill Regional High School entering college to pursue a Music Education teaching degree.