Obituary: Nazzareno DiVito Jr.

Nazzareno DiVito Jr., 90 
Nazzareno (“Nunzi”) DiVito Jr. passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Dec. 16. He was 90.
Nunzi was born in Cohasset in 1929 to Nazzareno Sr., of Castrovalva, Italy, and Georgina (Calvi) DiVito, of Hingham, and was the eldest of five children. A lifelong resident of Hull, he was a fixture in this seaside community. Growing up, he worked for his father’s construction company. After graduating from Wentworth Institute in Boston, he served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged as corporal.  
After returning to work for his father, he was elected to the Hull Board of Assessors in 1962 and later also served as appointed full-time assessor for Duxbury and Hingham. Nunzi remained chairman of the Hull board after retirement until his passing. During his career, he also worked in maintaining several rental properties.  
Nunzi was an active member of the Hull Council Knights of Columbus (past Grand Knight) and St. Ann’s Church, where he served as an usher while his bride of 62 years, Barbara A. (Ware), sang in the choir.
Nunzi first met Barbara at a dance with mutual friends. Throughout the years, they continued to enjoy all types of lessons and dances, most recently weekly square dancing with the Hobomock Hoedowners. He also enjoyed traveling throughout the country for assessors’ conventions, maintaining his parents’ garden on Newport Road, and winemaking with the grapes that still grow there.  
Most of all, he enjoyed talking with anybody, whether he knew them or not. He would always make time to help others, whether it was at a local blood drive, a town celebration, a Knights function, scooping ice cream during the summer at Sunset Point Camp, or fixing someone’s car, heat, or house. He never forgot the people he met and leaves a legacy of kindness and generosity to an entire community of family and friends.
In addition to his beloved wife, Nunzi leaves his two sons, John L. DiVito and his wife, Donna (French), and Michael P. DiVito and his wife, Marie (Prestera), of Weymouth. He was the cherished grandpa of Ian Maguire and his wife, Caitlin; Christina DiVito and her husband, Hyungrae Kim; Annnalisa DiVito and her husband, Frank Gao; and Sara DiVito; and great-grandpa to Ellie Jean Maguire.  
He was the loving brother of Teresa and her husband, the late Vincent Cogliano; Virginia and her husband, John Orfao; and Joe DiVito and his companion, Rhonda Healey, all of Hull; his brother-in-law, Dr. Edward Jones, of South Carolina, and sister-in-law, Irene Duff (Ware), of Dorchester. He was predeceased by his sister Louise and her husband, Frank Marciano; his sister Mary Jones; and sister-in-law Lynda DiVito.  
Nunzi will be forever remembered by everyone who had the honor to meet him, including a large extended family of nieces, nephews, and cousins. 
The DiVito family wishes to acknowledge the kind and compassionate care Nunzi received during his time at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. 
Relatives and friends are invited to attend visiting hours on Sunday, Dec. 22, from 2-6 p.m., in the Pyne Keohane Funeral Home, 21 Emerald St. (off Central Street), Hingham. A Celebration of Life service will be held in the funeral home at 10 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, prior to the funeral Mass in St. Mary’s Parish in St. Ann’s Church, Hull, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Hull Village Cemetery, Hull.  
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory can be made to Sunset Point Vacation Camp, c/o Ivana Veiga at Catholic Charities South, 169 Court St., Brockton, MA 02302, or Knights of Columbus, Hull Council, 440 Nantasket Ave., Hull, MA 02045.
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