PEABODY - EDWIN DUTILLE OF PEABODY, BELOVED HUSBAND OF VIRGINIA (SPILIOTIS) DUTILLE PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME ON MARCH 10, 2023 WITH HIS LOVING WIFE BY HIS SIDE. HE HAD FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT AGAINST DIABETES AND HEART DAMAGE FOR SEVERALYEARS.

MR.DUTILLE WAS BORN IN LYNN, THE SON OF THE LATE DORIS M. (POLLARD) AND JOSEPH R. DUTILLE. HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE PEABODY SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF PEABODY.

EDWIN WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY IN 1952 AND SERVED IN KOREA FOR TWO YEARS ALONG WITH HIS IDENTICAL TWIN BROTHER EDWARD. THEY WERE HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN DECEMBER 1954.

MR. DUTILLE THEN WENT TO WORK FOR THE FELIX MARINO COMPANY OF PEABODY WHERE HE WORKED FOR 38 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1993.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PEABODY LODGE OF ELKS BPOE NO. 11409. HE HAD PARTICIPATED IN BOWLING AND SOFTBALL LEAGUES, WAS AN AVID PATRIOTS, BRUINS AND CELTICS FAN. HE ENJOYED WORKING IN HIS YARD AND AT HIS WORKBENCH IN THE BASEMENT, AND SPENDING TIME WITH ALL OF HIS VERY LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY. HIS SECOND HOME WAS LAS VEGAS FOR MANY YEARS AND WHEN HE COULD NOT MAKE IT TO NEVADA IT WAS ATLANTIC CITY.

IN ADDITION TO HIS WIFE, HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER, SHIRLEY GRIFFIN AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN, HIS NEPHEWS, TIMOTHY AND SEAN AND THEIR CHILDREN, HIS NIECE, COLLEEN AND HER CHILDREN. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS BROTHERS, EDWARD AND ROBERT.

ARRANGEMENTS: VISITING HOURS WILL BE HELD AT THE CONWAY CAHILL-BRODEUR FUNERAL HOME, 82 LYNN ST., PEABODY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH FROM 11:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. FOLLOWED BY A SERVICE IN THE FUNERAL HOME AT 1:00 P.M. RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE RESPECTFULLY INVITED TO ATTEND. BURIAL IN CEDAR GROVE CEMETERY, PEABODY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE IN HIS MEMORY TO THE SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN, PO BOX 947765, ATLANTA, GA 30394. FOR DIRECTIONS AND ONLINE GUESTBOOK PLEASE VISIT WWW.CCBFUNERAL.COM.