Wilmington Warns Of Heavy Traffic For Miceli Wake, Funeral

WILMINGTON, MA -- Wilmington is asking drivers and commuters to avoid Middlesex Avenue, Route 62, Glen Road, Wildwood Street and Church Street on Thursday and Friday. The town is expecting crowded roads for the wake from noon to 10 pm on Thursday and funeral from 9 am to noon on Friday for State Rep. James Miceli (D-Wlmington).

Miceli had represented Wilmington and Tewksbury in the state legislature since 1977. Miceli died of a cardiac arrest suffered Saturday during the opening ceremony for Wilmington Little League.

Family and friends will gather for Visiting Hours at the Nichols Funeral Home, 187 Middlesex Avenue (Route 62), Wilmington, MA, on Thursday, April 26th from 1:00-5:00 p.m. and 6:00-9:00 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Friday, April 27th at 10:30 a.m. in St. Thomas of Villanova Church, 126 Middlesex Avenue, Wilmington, MA. Interment will follow in Wildwood Cemetery, Wilmington, MA.

In lieu of flowers, donations in Representative Miceli's memory may be made to the Development Office Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street, #231, Boston, MA 02111 or to the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01805.

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