WILMINGTON, MA — Gregory Wright, of Wilmington, Massachusetts, succumbed to a brief but virulent bout of cancer on April 3rd 2020 at Mass General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, surrounded by those he loved.
Greg was 47 years old.
That was the worst.
Everything before was the best.
Greg Wright was born on January 15th, 1973 at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford, Massachusetts to Amelia and Donald Wright who raised him with all the love any parents could muster.
Greg has two younger brothers barely worth mentioning.
Greg grew up in Methuen, Massachusetts amongst a multitude of great friends he kept until the end: Joe, Forge, Brian, Mike, and about 15 Daves.
Greg married Deanna Joyce DeMattia on September 23, 2000, because she is smart, kind, no-nonsense, and tough as nails. They were married in Medford, Massachusetts at the First Community United Methodist, a strange little church where people are actually kind to one another.
Greg and Deanna have two children, Maddie and Ben. Maddie is intelligent, driven, loves the theater, utilizes sound equipment for the noble purpose of quelling civil unrest and always, always, always makes her father proud. Ben follows in his father’s footsteps with his kind heart, his love of movies, and his prodigious ability to research, develop, and build with 3D pens, 3D printers, Legos, and undoubtedly whatever cutting-edge technology the future holds.
Imbuing Maddie and Ben with his sarcastic sense of humor was Greg’s proudest achievement.
Greg graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from UMass Lowell in 1995 and worked in R&D for Venture Tape then 3M before “going to the dark side” and working for MPI Release, researching and developing whatever the opposite of tape is.
Greg lived in Wilmington, Massachusetts in a gorgeous house with a gorgeous yard in a gorgeous neighborhood surrounded by wonderful neighbors whom he loved.
Greg loved Sunday night dinners at the Wright house, Tuesday night dinners with the DeMattias, sarcasm, movies (‘The Holy Grail’ was his favorite), books (Spenser Novels), and comic books (ahem…sorry, graphic novels). Deanna shall honor Greg’s profound geekiness by constructing a thirty-foot high monument out of the comic book boxes stored in the basement. Ben will no doubt be instrumental in its construction.
Greg is survived by his wife Deanna and their children, Madison and Benjamin; his parents, Donald and Amelia (Bettano) Wright; his two brothers, Ryan, and Kevin and his wife Melissa and their children Mason and Lucy; his mother-in-law, Pamela DeMattia; his sister-in-law Stephanie and her husband Ralph Francis, and their children Lillia and Reverie; Grammie (Barbara) and MeMe (Jeanette); his father-in-law Ernest DeMattia; his sister-in-law Stephanie and her husband Scott Merrill, their children Cheyanne, Nick, and Peyton; his brother-in-law Ernest DeMattia.
There will be a service for Greg, but there’s a zero percent chance you’re invited because he decided to pull this smack-dab in the middle of the worst plague outbreak since 1918.
He will be interred at Wildwood Cemetery, 233 Middlesex Ave, Wilmington MA.
Informational requests can be made at Nichols Funeral Home 187 Middlesex Ave, Wilmington MA: (978)658-4744. www.nicholsfuneralhome.com.
There will be a gathering in his honor at a later date.
It will be a total rager.
Quotes that Greg loved and frequently plagiarized:
—“There are three types of people the world does not understand: madmen, geniuses, and people who mumble.”
—“It’s chaos, panic, and disorder…my work here is done.”
(NOTE: the above obituary is from Nichols Funeral Home.)
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