Anthony “Tony” Joseph Picariello of Swampscott, who with his father founded Pic’s Screw Machine in 1957 and saw it pass to a third generation, died on August 8, 2026. He was 91.
He was born in Lynn on May 4, 1935, the son of Joseph and Manuela “Ella” (Beatrice) Picariello, and studied cabinetmaking at Lynn Vocational Institute. He served three years in the Massachusetts National Guard, with an honorable discharge in 1961. On May 8, 1960 he married Elizabeth “Betty” Mae Spellman; they had 50 years together before she died in 2011.
Golf was the passion: a member of Tedesco Country Club in Marblehead for 51 years and an honorary member since 2023, a member of Fox Hollow in Florida, tournament wins, and three holes in one, the first at Lynnfield Center in 1972. He also belonged to the Swampscott Club, the Mystic Valley Gun Club, Kiwanis, the Knights of Columbus and Holy Family Church in Lynn.
He leaves his children, Diana Mae Travascio and her husband William of Swampscott, Anthony Joseph Picariello Jr. and his partner Dina of Nahant, and Joseph Picariello and his wife Robin of Bolton; eight grandchildren, William A., Maria and her husband Griffin, Emily, Kali, Jake, Shane, Sara and Noah; a great-granddaughter, Morgan; and several nieces and nephews. His sisters Shirley A. Vining and Joanne Popowicz died before him.
Memorial visitation is Sunday, August 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Solimine Funeral Home, 67 Ocean Street, Lynn. The funeral leaves the funeral home Monday, August 24 at 9 a.m. for a 10 a.m. memorial Mass at Holy Family Church, Lynn, with burial at Swampscott Cemetery.
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