Donald A. “Donnie” Cuccio, a Vietnam-era Marine who spent 42 years with the Revere Police Department and rose from patrolman to detective and court prosecutor, died Friday, October 16, at Lahey Clinic in Burlington, with his family around him. He lived in Revere all his life.
His parents were Anthony and Agnes (Hart) Cuccio, and he grew up and went to school in Revere. He joined the Marine Corps soon after high school and served during the Vietnam War, then went through the Revere Police Academy after his discharge.
He lived for years at Revere Beach, near the beach and amusement park he knew as a boy, and was a regular at the city’s restaurants, where his family said many of the owners, staff and fellow customers became his friends.
He leaves his daughter, Kristin Cuccio of Winthrop, and his granddaughter, Elizabeth Cuccio; his brother Robert Cuccio of Burlington and his wife, Angela; Kristin’s mother, Elizabeth Carmichael of Winthrop; and his brothers Joseph Daisy of Kauai, Hawaii, and William Daisy and his wife, Denise, of Plymouth, along with cousins, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews. His sister, Donna M. DeSimone, died before him.
Visiting hours are Tuesday, October 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Vertuccio Smith & Vazza Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach Street, Revere. The funeral is Wednesday, October 21, at 10 a.m. from the funeral home, followed by a Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Anthony of Padua Church, 250 Revere Street. Entombment with military honors follows at Holy Cross Community Mausoleum in Malden. The family suggests donations to the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
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