Groton, Massachusetts – At the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, on February 10, 2023, Edward M. (Ed) Silva, 82, a resident of Groton, passed into eternal life. To Jaquim and Isabel DaSilva in Norwalk, Connecticut, Ed was born on July 4, 1940. He wed Joyce Piccione, and she is still alive. Immediately after high school, Ed proudly served in the US Navy and was honorably discharged.
In kindergarten, Ed first encountered Joyce, his true love. Kindergarten, indeed. He gave her a friendship ring when they were 13; she still wears it today. He married his soul partner, for whom he had been providing care for the previous seven years, on November 14, 1959. As frail as he was, his very last words to her were, “I love you.”
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Together, they brought up three daughters: Michele Junget of Waterbury; Melissa Buttermore of The Villages, Florida; and Melanie (Darryn) Dyer of Gales Ferry. They also had six grandchildren: Kelly Buttermore, Jeanne, Dain, Chantal, and Christopher Junget, as well as Tyler and Christopher Dyer. Chase, Emma, and Jack are three of his great-grandchildren as well.
He was predeceased by his brother Robert who along with his parents will greet him home. Ed was a devoted family man and friend to many. His door was always open to all and everyone had a seat at his table. He said the most important thing was to be a good person. Ed was a ‘good person’.
Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ed’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 (www.stjudes.org).
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