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Paul Clisbee, longtime facilities employee, dies at 60

Paul "Pauly" Clisbee, a maintenance mechanic in the Department of Facilities, died on Saturday, Feb. 19, in Stoneham, Mass. He was 60.

Clisbee began working at MIT in 1982, starting with custodial services. He moved to repair and maintenance in 1996 as a maintenance mechanic working the third shift. He was inducted into MIT's Quarter Century Club — for employees who have worked at MIT for more than 25 years — in 2007.

Family and friends are invited to attend the funeral at the Vertuccio & Smith Home for Funerals, 773 Broadway (Rt. 107), Revere, on Friday, Feb. 25, at 10 a.m., followed by the funeral service in the funeral home at 11 a.m. Visiting hours are Thursday only, 4-8 p.m. Parking available left of the funeral home. Interment in Puritan Lawn Memorial Cemetery, West Peabody.

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