Adelaide S. “Lil” (Staffieri) Shay, who was born and raised in Everett and lived in Saugus and Stoneham before Danvers, died on Thursday, October 1, 2026 at Beverly Hospital. She was 99.
She was the daughter of Emilio and Louisa (Bonotti) Staffieri. She liked golf and bingo. Her husband, Paul P. Shay, died before her, as did her daughter Donna Powers and her brothers Louis and Albert Staffieri.
She leaves her children, Lisa Wilkie and her husband James of Danvers, Patrick Shay and his wife Cindy of New Hampshire, and Paula Wallace of Florida, whose husband Stephen died before her; a grandson, Christopher, and his wife Kate; and two great-granddaughters, Louisa and Hazel.
Visiting hours are Monday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home, 549 Lincoln Avenue, Saugus. The funeral leaves the funeral home Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. for a 10:30 Mass at Blessed Sacrament Church, 14 Summer Street, Saugus, with burial at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody. The family suggests donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Compiled from information published by Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home. Photograph courtesy of the family via Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home. This is our own summary, not the family’s obituary; read the full obituary and leave a condolence at the funeral home’s page on Legacy.com. Corrections: we will fix any error promptly.
