Coppola to be honored with plaque at Louis Pasteur Park

  Longtime Beachmont resident Susan Coppola, who died at the age of 61 earlier this month, will be honored with a memorial plaque at the park she and her family helped take care of for years.

  “Two weeks ago, we lost a longtime Beachmont girl,” said Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna. “Her family settled in Beachmont and she was raised in Beachmont. She happened to live next to the Louis Pasteur School, and when the Louis Pasteur School was torn down and the Louis Pasteur Park was created, her father would go every night and lock the gates of Louis Pasteur Park at night.”

  After Coppola’s father passed away and the park was redesigned, Coppola and her children helped maintain the park and continued to lock it up every night at dusk until her recent move to Colorado.

  “This is so appropriate to give her – maybe down the road a bench in her name – but right now we should put a plaque honoring her service to the city and her family’s service to the city,” said McKenna.

  Coppola was a 1978 graduate of Revere High School and lived in Beachmont before moving to Denver last year. She worked most recently as a crossing guard for the city and also volunteered as a literacy coach for Generations, Inc.

  Coppola volunteered for many years for a number of organizations, including the Beachmont Youth Association, Revere Pop Warner and Women for Revere, and she helped organize block parties held at Louis Pasteur Park.

  “I couldn’t think of a better way to memorialize Susan because she was so beloved by the community,” said Councillor-at-Large Steve Morabito. “Anyone who has had interactions with her has had such a positive experience. She just connected with so many people in the Beachmont area and throughout the city…I think that this is just a great way to remember her and to think of all the memories people shared with her.”