Edolo A. Lupi, a well-known Haverhill musician, passed away peacefully, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011, at Penacook Place, Haverhill.He was born to Italian immigrant parents, Michele and Almarinda (Caputi) Lupi on April 6, 1912. He began his lifelong career in music at the age of eight when he learned to play the violin. With the support and encouragement of his father he studied, practiced, and began entertaining in his neighborhood. Once in high school, he learned to play the trumpet and piano and was a member of the Haverhill High School Orchestra and the Chapel Orchestra until his graduation in 1931. For the next nine years he developed his musical talents with other gifted musicians in Boston, New York, and on ships cruising to the Caribbean and South America. He played the violin, piano and trumpet, always developing his skill as a musician.He married his beloved Eda I. (Forte) on Oct. 20, 1940. To support his wife and later, his three daughters, he worked in the local shoe factories and played his music until he could afford to buy a car. With his wife’s encouragement, he then left the factories to work full-time as a music teacher and piano tuner. His three daughters would sometimes accompany him while he tuned pianos at various venues in the Merrimack Valley including The Frolics at Salisbury Beach. Saturdays and Sundays were spent playing big band and popular music at local weddings and in clubs with other Boston, Haverhill, and Lawrence area musicians. Edolo was always busy with a gig. As a result, he was able to earn a good living at something he really loved and influence the lives of many people in a positive way. He was also a violinist with the Merrimack Valley Philharmonic Orchestra for several years. Up until a few months ago, he was still having his weekly classical and jazz violin practice sessions with pianist Bob Killey, and lunching at a local restaurant with his musician friends, “The Boys,” Romeo, Bob, Tony, Neil, Paul and Benny.Edolo loved his music, but his family came first. He always put time aside for his family be it a day at the beach, a few days vacation during the summer months, or spending good times with all the Lupi families during the holidays. Edolo loved to make people laugh with his joking ways. And because he has touched so many lives during his 98 years with his talent and personality, he will be missed.Edolo is survived by his wife of 70 years, Eda his daughters, Patricia and her husband Joseph Pelosi, Linda and her husband George Perkins, and Lorna Lupi and his brother, Romeo, a drummer, of Medford. He will also be missed by his grandsons, Christoper Pelosi and his wife Olga, Jonathon Pelosi, George and Edward Perkins and his granddaughter, Lisa and her husband Mike Maher and many nieces and nephews. Edolo was predeceased by his siblings, Alda Salafia, Remo, Gene, trumpet and bass player, and Ernie Lupi, drummer.ARRANGEMENTS: Friends and family are respectfully invited to call on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, from 4 until 8 p.m. at the Kevin B. Comeau Funeral Home, 486 Main St. (Route 125) Haverhill. Funeral services will be held on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011, at 9 a.m. from the funeral home with a Mass of Christian burial to be celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. James Church, Winter Street, Haverhill. Burial will follow in St. Patrick’s Cemetery, North Broadway, Haverhill. The Lupi family would like to thank the staff at Penacook Place for the caring attention they gave Edolo during his stay there. In lieu of flowers, donations in Edolo’s memory may be made to the Tree of Dreams/Activity Fund at Penacook Place, 150 Water St., Haverhill, MA 01830 or the Haverhill High School Music Department, Attn: Joseph Leary, 137 Monument St., Haverhill, MA 01832. www.comeaufuneral.com.
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