Longtime Peabody teacher and city native Papi, who retired this past June, died Tuesday following a brief illness. She was 69.
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
[The following obituary is courtesy of Conway, Cahill-Brodeur Funeral Home.] Carol A. Papi, 69, of Peabody, died Tuesday morning at her sisters home surrounded by her loving family following a brief illness. She was the devoted wife of the late James Papi. Born in Lynn, she was daughter of the late Francis and Geraldine (McGrath) Hynes. She was a lifelong resident of Peabody and a graduate of Peabody High School, Class of 1960. She continued her education at Salem State College and received her bachelors’ degree in education in 1964, and her master’s degree in 1968. Carol taught in the city of Peabody for over 48 years, retiring this past June. She first started her teaching career at the Kiley School and for the past 39 years she taught …
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William A. Welch Sr. Elementary School
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The future Welch School playground was dedicated to retired teacher Carol Papi on Wednesday.
The sweltering heat didn't stop a sizeable crowd from coming out Wednesday for a noon ceremony to honor longtime Welch School teacher Carol Papi. Papi, 69, just retired after 48 years as a classroom teacher, 38 of them at the Welch School with second-graders. Colleagues, school officials and parents agreed that a fitting honor for the longtime teacher would be to dedicate the future playground at the Welch to her. The project has accordingly been named the Mrs. Carol Papi Playground and a placeholder sign declaring the dedication was unveiled on Wednesday. Mayor Ted Bettencourt, Interim Superintendent Herb Levine, Welch Principal Monique Nappi and teachers' union president Bruce Nelson spoke before a crowd of current students and parents, …
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William A. Welch Sr. Elementary School
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Longtime Welch School teacher Carol Papi is retiring after nearly five decades.
[Editor's note: We're re-featuring this great story from last year about the life and career of late Peabody native Carol Papi.] Carol Papi, a Peabody native, started teaching the city’s youngsters when she was 21, and now 48 years and about 1,200 students later, she’s finally decided to retire. Papi and 13 other Peabody Public Schools educators who are retiring this year were recognized in a special ceremony Tuesday. “I’m here tonight on a very happy mission…to try to put into perspective Mrs. Papi’s dedication,” said teachers’ union president Bruce Nelson. He noted, smiling, that he and Papi’s niece were juniors together at Peabody High when Papi was already teaching and after a long career of his own, he’s already been retired for …
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JK
4:53 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
I WILL MISS HER SO MUCH SHE WAS A VERY NICE TEACHER more ›