DeVito Funeral Home

Specialties

Complete Funeral and Cremation Services, serving all faiths and funeral service desires.

History

Established in 1928.

The DeVito Family entered the funeral business on May 1, 1928 at its original East Cambridge, MA location. The founder, Alexander DeVito, immigrated from Tufo, Avellino, Italy in 1912. He soon found himself enlisting in the US Army and was assigned to the Army Medical Corp during WWI. In 1918, Alexander worked at the Fort Devens General Hospital assisting during the ‘Influenza outbreak’. His experience assisting local area ‘undertakers’ led to his full-​fledged occupation, and his new business enterprise: The DeVito Funeral Service.

In 1930, the DeVito Funeral Service became one of the first to establish a funeral home facility in the Greater Boston area. Mr. DeVito purchased the Hurley Estate at 392 Cambridge Street, East Cambridge, MA. After their service in WWII, sons Edward and Alfred DeVito joined their father’s establishment. Soon thereafter, the DeVito family expanded their operations to Watertown, MA., at 761 Mt. Auburn Street, the second funeral home was started. In 1