Vincent "Vinny" Norman Trepanier

Belmont-Vincent “Vinny” Norman Trepanier, 58, of 193 Plummer Hill Road died on Sunday morning, October 18, 2009 at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts after a courageous battle with cancer.

Vinny was born on March 25, 1951 in Filadelfia, Italy, the son of the late Andre and Carmella (Carchedi) Malacaria.

Vinny’s love and life was work. He was the proprietor of V. T. Construction in which he took pride in his craftsmanship.

Besides his birth parents, Vinny is also predeceased by his adoptive parents, Norman and Gladys (Stone) Trepanier, and a brother, Manuele Trepanier

Vinny is survived by his wife, Terese (Martel) Trepanier of Belmont; his children, Michael, Arianna, and Anthony Dalelio, Michael Koester, David, Michael, Brian, and Mark Trepanier, and Kimberly Smith; his siblings, David Rittenhouse and his wife Patricia, Vito Malacaria and his wife Antonietta, Anita Rondinelli, Caterina Russo and her husband Louis “Dewey”, and Antonietta Russo and her husband Alphonso. Six grandchildren and many nieces and nephews also survive Vinny.

Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia using the Carriage House entrance. A celebration of Vinny’s life will follow the visiting hours at 4:00 p.m. also at the funeral home.

For those who wish, the family would prefer expressions of sympathy in Vinny’s name be made to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 10 Brookline Place, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445-9924 or visit www.dana-farber.org to donate online.

Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, is assisting the family of Vinny.