7 Oct 1971
James Carmilia, 55, 454 Essex St., a machinist for the General Electric Co., died Thursday at Lynn Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Mrs. Catherine (Rouleau) Carmilia. Born in Lynn, he was the son of the late Luigi Carmilia and Lea (Curro) Camilia. He was employed for many years by the General Electric Co., River Works, Building 74 as a machine operator, leaving that firm eight months ago because of illness. He was a member of the Italian-American Citizens Club of Lynn and a communicant of St. Francis Church. He also leaves two sons James Carmilia and John Carmilia, a daughter, Mrs. Nancy Barrasso, a stepson, Donald Buccuzzo, all of Lynn; two step daughters, Mrs. Gale Fournier also of Lynn and Mrs. Sharon Heffernan of Hudson, N.H., three sisters, Mrs. Gra\ce Mattera, Mrs. Minnie Springthorpe and Mrs. Lucy Ryback; two brothers, Joseph Carmilia and John Carmilia, all of Lynn; and seven grandchildren. The funeral will be from the Caggiano Funeral Home, 165 Washington St., at 8 a.m. followed by a funeral Mass in St. Francis Church at 9.