Joanne M. Brisbois
10/23/2014

Joanne M. (Lepore) Brisbois passed away at the Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday evening. She was 78.

Joanne was raised in Somerville, the daughter of the late John S. and Albina (Lanzillo) Lepore. She attended the Little Flower School in St. Benedict’s Parish and went on to graduate from Somerville High School. She worked for many years at Garrett Insurance in Davis Square. Over the years she developed many strong friendships with shop keepers and fellow workers in the Square. She also worked for 13 years at the Somerville Housing Authority. While busy with work and many dear friends, Joanne’s priority was always her family. She always had time to be with her three kids and their families. Her five grandchildren were her pride and joy. She was also very close with her sisters and many nieces and nephews with whom she had a special relationship.

The beloved wife of the late Joseph P. Brisbois who passed away four years ago, she was a devoted mother to Lisa Bruning and her husband Harry of Medford, Joseph P. Brisbois, Jr. and his wife Karen of Wilmington, and Christopher Brisbois and his wife Karen of Boca Raton, FL. She leaves her loving grandchildren: Craig, Jillian, Brian, Rachel and Michaela. She was a loving sister to Anita Arria and her husband Tom of Malden, the late Louise Randall and her late husband Chaney. Joanne also leaves many loving nieces, nephews and friends.

Family and friends may visit at the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford, on Sunday from 4 through 8 PM and again on Monday morning October 27 at 9 followed by a funeral mass celebrated in St. Catherine of Genoa Church, 179 Summer Street, Somerville, at 10 AM. Services will conclude with burial at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody.

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