MEXICO – H. Joseph “Tiny” LaPaglia, 64, died Tuesday, Nov. 23 at his residence. He was a resident of Middle Ave. in Mexico.

Born in Boston, Mass. on May 7, 1940, he was a son of Angelo and Rita (King) LaPaglia. He attended schools in Mass. He worked for Local 29 in Mass. as a Boiler Maker.

He was married in Rumford, on Aug. 23, 1996, to Donna Brown who survives of Mexico. Other survivors include two sons, Scott and Bryan of Randolph, Mass.; two daughters, Lynn Hassett of Cambridge, Mass and Angela Blanchard of Bethel; stepson, Robert Hopper of Mexico; step daughter, Jamie Vachon of North Conway, N.H.; four grandchildren, Scott, Kelly, Amanda and Katie; 11 stepgrandchildren; two sisters, Ann Marie Silva of Charlestown, Mass. and Elizabeth Gathers of Revere, Mass. and one brother, John Carpenter of Boston, Mass.