Yvonne Staffier

STAFFIER – Yvonne (Perry) Krasco, beloved daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, died April 25, 2013, at the age of 81, in Boston MA. Yvonne was born in Somerville MA in 1932, the only child of Helen (Baro) Perry and Theodore Joseph Perry. Yvonne's lifelong friends, Rose (Bucci) Antonuccio, Toni (DeCesare) Faria, and the late Gina (Bertolino) Gorman, were the sisters she never had. Yvonne graduated from Medford (MA) High School in 1949, and in 1952 married John Staffier Jr. They lived for one year in Hanau, Germany, an experience that inspired Yvonne's love of travel and meeting people from other places. The Staffiers later lived in Medford and Wakefield MA until their divorce in 1972. In 1978, Yvonne met her best friend and husband, Jack Krasco, at Logan Airport where they were both picking up family member arrivals. They married in 2002 after a 23-year courtship. In addition to her husband, Yvonne is survived by her three children: Helene O'Brien, of Cambridge MA; Phyllis Staffier , of Andover MA; and John Staffier III, of Pepperell MA. She is also survived by three treasured grandchildren: Timothy O'Brien of Somerville MA; Tess O'Brien of Oakland CA; and Bridget O'Brien of Cambridge MA. Family and friends are invited to attend visiting hours at McDonald-Finnegan Funeral Home, 322 Main St., Stoneham on Wednesday, May 1, from 8:30-9:30AM. Funeral Mass will be celebrated after visiting hours at St Patrick's Church, Stoneham, at 10AM; interment at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park, Peabody. Yvonne has requested that, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to Make-A-Wish Foundation or to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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Visitation

McDonald-Finnegan Funeral Home
322 Main Street
Stoneham , MA US 02180
Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Service

St. Patrick Church
71 Central Street
Stoneham , MA US 02180
Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 10:00 AM

Cemetery

Puritan Lawn Memorial Park
185 Lake Street
Peabody , MA US 01960
Wednesday, May 1, 2013,