Rev. Emery Parillo, OFM

A funeral Mass was offered Feb. 20 at St. Leonard's Church, Boston, Mass., for Rev. Emery Parillo, who died Feb. 16. He was 82 and had been a Franciscan priest for almost 57 years.

A native of Boston, he served parishes in the New York Archdiocese and in the Albany Diocese at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Watervliet, where he served first as assistant and then, from 1989 until his retirement, as pastor. Survivors include two brothers, Michael and Joseph "Chuck." Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, Mass.[[In-content Ad]]