Josephine entered into eternal rest Sunday afternoon, January 27, 2019 at the Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital in Everett, surrounded by her loving family. A few months short of her 100th birthday, Chickie was 99 years of age.  Born and raised in Charlestown, she is the daughter of the late Henry and Josephine (Frazier) McClean.  Chickie attended Charlestown Public Schools and graduated from Charlestown High School, Class of 1938.  As a young woman she worked at the Charlestown Navy Yard as a crane operator moving sheet metal.  She later met her beloved husband, the late Dante D. DeCain, Sr.  The couple married and settled in Chelsea, where they raised their five children.  As a homemaker, Josephine enjoyed tending to her family and her home.  She and her husband, Dante, were the former owners and proprietors of the Little Brown Jug in Chelsea.  Josephine would help out in the restaurant by waitressing but her passion was being home with family.  She will be truly missed by all who loved her.

Chickie was predeceased by her beloved husband Dante D. DeCain, Sr. and her son, Richard "Deacon" DeCain. She is the beloved mother of Patricia "Patsy" DeCain of Charlestown, Dante DeCain, Jr., Diane Maslowski, and Joan DeCain, all of Chelsea.  Sister of the late Evelyn Ruiz, Henry, William and George McClean.  Dear aunt of the late Evelyn "Tootsie" (Ruiz) Sullivan.  Also lovingly survived by 3 grandchildren, Christopher Maslowski of Georgia, Tracy Maslowski and Derek Maslowski, both of Chelsea.

FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:  Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Josephine's visiting hours in the Carafa Family Funeral Home, 389 Washington Ave. Chelsea, on Friday, February 1 from 3-7 P.M. Her funeral will be from the funeral home on Saturday, February 2 at 9:00 A.M. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at Our Lady of Grace Church, 59 Nichols St., Chelsea, at 10:00 A.M. Services will conclude with interment at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett.