Frank Mazza Obituary

Frank Mazza was born in East Boston, Massachusetts on August 15, 1914, the son of Nicholas and Mary Mazza, and the eldest of their six children. He passed away on February 3, 2007 in Colorado Springs, Colorado after a brief illness. During the depression Frank helped to support his family after the untimely death of his father in 1929. Regardless, he found the time to complete a high school education at night. This set the pattern of his life as a caring and supportive son, brother, husband, father and grandfather. Frank proudly served in the US Army Air Force from 1942 to 1946 in the Pacific theater, participating in intelligence gathering thru aerial photography for MacArthur's island hopping campaign, and in the liberation of Saipan. After the war he had a successful career of over twenty-seven years as the manager of a blueprinting operation at Hutchison Brothers Company in Boston. After retiring from Hutchison, Frank worked for the State of Massachusetts as a blueprint developer for seven years. Frank married Alice Wirzburger in 1947. They lived in and around Boston settling finally in the Boston suburb of Malden. They were married for thirty-eight happy years during which time they shared their passion for dancing, and enjoyed traveling about the world. During this period Frank, a devout Roman Catholic, was an active member of the Holy Name Society. Frank and Alice have one daughter, Anne. Frank moved to Colorado Springs in 1985 shortly after the death of his first wife, Alice, to be near to his daughter and grandchildren. In 1992 Frank married Tomasina Harlow. They have spent the past 14 happy years enjoying their composite family, dancing and traveling around the country, seeing the sites. Frank is survived by his wife Tomasina, daughter Anne and her husband Tony Buetti, granddaughters Michele Buetti Drexler of Norwich, CT and Nicole Buetti of Los Angeles, CA, step-daughter Jan and her husband Bill Strutton and their children Jeffrey and Jared, step-daughter-in-law Kathy Butler and her children Courtney, Keith and Cara, as well as a brother Nicholas Mazza of Plymouth, MA, and sisters Nelly Geggis and Rita Mazza of East Boston, MA. Visitation with the family will be conducted at Swan-Law Funeral Home, 501 N. Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 on Wednesday February 7th from 3pm to 6pm followed by a Memorial Service at 7pm. Mr. Mazza will be interred in Malden Massachusetts on February 10. Rest in Peace, your 92 years were a blessing to us all. Your Family.