Obituary of Dorothy F. (Smith) Ruzzo

Dorothy F. (Smith) Ruzzo, 64, of Peabody, formerly of Medford, died peacefully early Friday morning at the Kaplan Family Hospice House in Danvers following a brief illness. She was the devoted wife of Domenic Ruzzo with whom she shared over 43 years of marriage. Born in Boston, she was the daughter of the late Gerald and Dorothy (McCartney) Smith. She was raised and educated in Medford and was a graduate of Medford High School, class of 1960. She has lived in Peabody for the past 13 years. For the past six years, she worked as a Real Estate Agent for Century 21 North Shore in Peabody. Prior to that, she worked as an accountant for the ADI Company in Woburn. Family was important to Dorothy and she will be dearly missed by all those who knew her and loved her including her sons, Paul and his wife Kimberly Ruzzo of Peabody and Steven and his wife Michele Ruzzo of Haverhill, her daughter, Karen and her husband Robert Grenham of Peabody, her brother, Michael and his wife Lisa Smith of Methuen, her four devoted grandchildren, Jessica Ruzzo, Valerie and Nicholas Grenham, and Damien Willette, and her beloved family dog, Zoey. She was the sister of the late Gerald Smith Jr. Her funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 AM from the Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home, 82 Lynn St., Peabody Facility, followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00 AM in St. John’s Church, Peabody, to which relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend. Visiting hours will be held on Tuesday from 4:00 until 8:00 PM. Burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Peabody