Obituary

Katherine M. (Kirby) Salerno, a longtime resident of Malden, passed away on October 9, 2024. She was 88 years old.

Katherine worked for the Bank of America for many years. She was an avid Mahjong player and loved traveling to Florida with her sisters and their husbands for vacations. Most of all, Katherine was the happiest when she was spending time with her family.

Katherine was the wife of the late Joseph P. Salerno Jr. She was the loving mother of Russell Surette and his partner Susan Irwin, Michael Surette and his wife Dorothy, Lisa Sullivan and her husband Paul, June Lafferty and her husband Mark, Carol Salerno and her husband Russell Trammell, and the late Paul Salerno. Katherine was the dear sister of Florence DiNozzi, Joan Ferri and the late Donna Lawson and William and Robert Kirby. She was the cherished grandmother of Jessica Kearns and her husband Dennis, Angela Highnote and her husband Brian, Nicole Maniatis and her husband Yianni, Dawn Surette, Amanda Jaklitsch and her husband Jonathan, Paul Sullivan Jr. and his wife Jessica, Meaghan Zell and her husband Aaron, Lindsay Herlihy and her husband Kenneth, Lauren surette, David Dunhan, Anthony Salerno, Matthew Dion, and great grandmother of Kyle, Brandon, Brian, Niko, Jada, Emma, Lucas, Logan, Finn, Lucille, Rhys and Caleb. She is also survived by nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial celebrating Katherine's life will be held at the Immaculate Conception Church, 600 Pleasant Street, Malden on Wednesday October 16th at 11:30am. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visitation will be held at the A. J. Spadafora Funeral Home, 865 main Street, Malden on Wednesday from 9:00am-11:00am prior to the Mass.

Interment will be private.