Daniel "Danny" Mercuri

DANIEL (DANNY) MERCURI AGE 93 OF NEEDHAM DIED AT HIS HOME ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 2021 SURROUNDED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF NEEDHAM AND WORKED AS A BRICKLAYER FOR MOST OF HIS YEARS. AFTER RETIRING FROM BRICKLAYING, HE JOINED THE BANK OF BOSTON AS A MAINTENACE MANAGER FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL RETIRING. HE WAS A US NAVY VETERAN, AND MEMBER OF THE NEEDHAM VFW.

HE LOVED WORKING WITH HIS HANDS, ESPECIALLY BUILDING BIRD HOUSES FOR ANYONE WHO ASKED. HE LOVED LIFE AND ENJOYED SPENDING THE SUMMERS SURROUNDED BY FAMILY AND FRIENDS AROUND HIS POOL.

HE WAS THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF THE LATE GLORIA MERCURI, A LOVING FATHER OF CHERYL BROWN & HUSBAND JAMES OF NEEDHAM AND SHARON ZIMMERMAN & HUSBAND FRED OF MEDFIELD. HE WAS THE LOVING BROTHER OF ALBERT MERCURI OF NEEDHAM. ALSO, THE CHERISHED GRANDFATHER OF JESSICA WEINTRAUB & HUSBAND JASON OF MEDWAY, MICHAEL BROWN, BRYAN ZIMMERMAN & WIFE ASHLEY VESS OF COLORADO, AND ASHLEY ZIMMERMAN. DANNY WAS ALSO SURVIVED BY MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS

A FUNERAL MASS WILL BE HELD IN ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH ON THURS JAN 28 AT 11 AM FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT WITH MILITARY HONORS AT ST. MARY’S CEMETERY.

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