Harvey J Paclat and Augusta E. (nee Currey) Paclat passed away to their next lives on December 19th, 2020.  They died within hours of one another from complications due to Covid-19 at the ages of 86 and 90 respectively after 56 devoted years of marriage.   Long time residents of Chelsea, they lived at 491 Washington Avenue in Augusta's ancestral home for over 50 years.

Harvey was born and raised in Lynn, Massachusetts as the son of Lucille and William Paclat, He was a graduate of Lynn Classical High School and served in the US Army during the Korean War.   He worked at Forbes Lithograph in Revere where he met and eventually married Augusta.

He was later the Inspector of Weights and Measures in Chelsea and then for the State of Massachusetts until his retirement.  He was a life-long lover of the outdoors and spent much of his time in retirement devoted to birding.  He was very devoted to Mass Audubon and particularly the Joppa Flats Education Center in Newburyport.

Augusta was a graduate of Chelsea High School and worked at Shrafft's Paper and then Forbes Lithograph where she met and married Harvey.  Augusta was a dedicated mother and worked with her close cousin Dorothy for many years at the Sunnyside Daycare at the County Road Church.   She later worked as an administrator, and much more, for the Sisters of Don Guanella and their home devoted to those with intellectual disabilities.

Harvey was a member of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Everett where he was a lector, Eucharistic minister, choir member, and overall committed member of the parish.  Augusta was a life-long member of the First Congregational Church of Chelsea where she too was a very valued and involved member of the church community.

They were deeply devoted to their family and are survived by their only son Charles Paclat, his wife Susan, and their granddaughters, Sara and Caroline.  Their very close extended family includes: Kyle and Rob O'Hannon of NH, The Robinsons of Kimball Road; Bruce and Ellen Robinson, Robin and Jay Steinberg, Kim Gerace, and Kris and Christine Robinson as well as Merrilee and John Veerhoeven of Australia and their loving daughters.

The family cannot express enough gratitude for the amazing care provided by the staff at the ER, ICU and Palliative Care Unit of Mass General Hospital that allowed them to pass with great dignity and in comfort despite the limitations imposed by the pandemic.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Harvey and Gussi's Memorial Service will be conducted at Our Lady of Grace Church, 59 Nichols St., Chelsea, on Monday, April 26, 2021 at 10:00 A.M.  Relatives and friends are kindly invited to attend.  Services will conclude with inurnment at Pine Grove Cemetery in Lynn.

We encourage family and friends to offer condolences at this time by means of the online guest book or to send a personalized sympathy card.

Donations in memory of Harvey and Gussie may be made to Mass Audubon's Joppa Flats Education Center, 1 Plum Island Turnpike, Newburyport, MA 01950.