HAVERHILL \u2013 Vincent M. Kissel, 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, October 3 at the High Pointe House in Haverhill after complications following open heart surgery in May.<\/p>\n
Vinny was born in Brooklyn, New York to Victor J. and Mary T. (Ambrozavitch) Kissel. He graduated from Haverhill Trade School in 1959 and went on to earn his Master Plumber license, in which he took great pride. For over 50 years Vinny worked for a variety of plumbing companies including Youngblood Plumbing & Heating, Walter Bonin Plumbing & Heating, and Kimball Mechanical.\u00a0 In the early 1980\u2019s, he began working for Raytheon as a Master Plumber, retiring in 2002.\u00a0 Vinny served the city of Haverhill in a number of capacities including many years on the Board of Appeals, and more recently as a member of the Inspectional Services Department as the Plumbing Inspector for several years. He was a member of the local Elks Lodge and also supported Haverhill by contributing to the refurbishment and upkeep of the commemorative clock on Merrimack Street as well as sponsoring several Brightside planters in the city. Vinny was also a regular supporter of the Christmas parade and other Haverhill charities.<\/p>\n
From an early age, Vinny was a talented athlete.\u00a0 He excelled in both basketball and baseball in high school and continued to play into adulthood, winning numerous citywide basketball free throw championships.\u00a0 He later took up racquetball and was a fierce competitor, winning various tournaments and multiple championships throughout the area. Vinny also ran in several marathons, including twice completing the Boston Marathon. He was an avid card player and looked forward to weekly 45\u2019s matches with his condo neighbors and other friends.\u00a0 He also enjoyed outings to Foxwoods, Encore, and Oxford Casinos.<\/p>\n
Vinny was married to his high school sweetheart and love of his life, Joyce, for over 55 years and will be remembered as a devoted husband, father, and grandfather. He was an all-around great guy and a loyal friend who will be greatly missed by those he has left behind. Vinny is survived by his only son Michael P. and his wife Marie (Deshaies) Kissel, of Hampstead, NH, and his beloved grandson Mark A. Kissel, of Danville, NH.\u00a0 He also leaves behind his sisters-in-law Kimberly Kissel, of Plaistow, NH, Irene MacAvoy, of Haverhill, and Patricia Goodrich, of Haverhill, a brother-in-law Bernard McDonald, of Kingston, NH, and dear friend Donna Mackey, of Haverhill, as well many as nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. Vinny was predeceased by his loving wife Joyce M. (Simard) Kissel, his sister Dorothy Kissel, his brothers Daniel Kissel and Philip Kissel, sister-in-law Donna McDonald, and his brothers-in-law Paul Goodrich and Alan MacAvoy.<\/p>\n
ARRANGEMENTS: Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend calling hours on Monday, October 9 from 4:00PM until 7:00PM at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main Street, Haverhill. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, October 10 at 11:00AM in the funeral home chapel. Burial will follow at St. James Cemetery, 360 Primrose Street, Haverhill. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Vincent\u2019s memory to Ironstone Farm, 450 Lowell Street, Andover, MA 01810, an organization that he believed in and supported. Please visit Comeau Funeral Home on Facebook or www.comeaufuneral.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HAVERHILL \u2013 Vincent M. Kissel, 82, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, October 3 at the High Pointe House in Haverhill after complications following open heart surgery in May. Vinny was born in Brooklyn, New York to Victor J. and Mary T. (Ambrozavitch) Kissel. He graduated from Haverhill Trade School in 1959 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comeaufuneral.com\/2025-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}