Alfonso Pinella

Alfonso Pinella, 91, of Lynnfield passed away April 30 in Danvers, MA. Mr. Pinella, a native of Peru, was born in Chiclayo on January 6, 1925 and was the son of the late Jose and Catalina Pinella. He came to the United States as a young man and went on to graduate from M.I.T. in 1966. During his working career he worked with NASA, Bell Laboratories and eventually retired from Lucent Technologies. He enjoyed traveling, especially trips that took him back to Peru.

Mr. Pinella was the beloved husband of the late June (Monroe) Pinella who died in 2011. He was the loving brother of Jose "Pepe" Pinella and Ernesto Pinella of Peru and the late Arminda, Olga, Carlos, Luis and Moraima Pinella and Jose, German and Nicolas Leguia. He was the brother In-Law of Kathleen (Monroe) Maurer and her husband Donald of Seabrook, NH and Norman Monroe and his wife Verna of WA. He is also survived by his many nieces and nephews in Peru as well as his close friends, Jose Ferreyros, Alicia Graham, Javier Collao and Pablo de la Flor and Luis Ortiz.

His Funeral Service will be held in the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., Wakefield on Wednesday May 4 at 11:00. Visitation for relatives and friends will be held at the Funeral Home prior to the service beginning at 9am. Interment will be at Forest Hill Cemetery in Lynnfield.

May 04, 2016
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

McDonald Funeral Home
19 Yale Ave
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 245-3550

May 04, 2016
11:00 AM

McDonald Funeral Home
19 Yale Ave
Wakefield, MA 01880
(781) 245-3550