Andrew D. DeFrancesco

Of Revere. Died on Monday, November 27 at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford at the age of 84. He was the husband of Sharon (Segalla) DeFrancesco with whom he shared 59 years of marriage.

Born in Boston and raised in the South End, he was the son of the late Andrew and Maria (Cogliano) DeFrancesco. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam Era, Mr. DeFrancesco worked for many years as a General Contractor. A resident of Revere for the last 27 years, previously living in Malden, he enjoyed woodworking in his spare time. Mr. DeFrancesco was a member of the VFW Post #6712 in Beachmont and the DAV.

Besides his wife he is survived by two children; Richard DeFrancesco and his wife Lourdes of Peabody, Denise Howard and her husband Dave of Topsfield, four grandchildren; Daria, Drew, Sofia and Mia. He was the brother of Ettore DeFrancesco of Revere, Paul DeFrancesco of NH, John DeFrancesco of ME and Anthony DeFrancesco of TX.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a funeral mass in St. Mary of Assumption Church, 660 Washington Ave., Revere, on Friday, December 1 at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody.   In lieu of flowers donations in his memory may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project @https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org.