Marian P. (Corsi) Meadows

Marian P. Meadows, née Corsi, 83, of Boston passed away on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025 after a lengthy illness.

Marian was born March 18, 1942 in Boston, the daughter of Mario and Blanche Corsi. She spent her childhood in Hyde Park. After graduating from Boston State College with a degree in education, she married Joseph Meadows in 1963 and had four children: Marilyn Meadows (Kevin Mele) of Springvale, ME; Thomas Meadows (Miriam Beyer) of Brooklyn, NY; and twins Jennifer Meadows-Lawrence (Ken Lawrence) of Gloucester, and Cynthia Meadows of Amherst. Marian separated from Joe in 1972 and later divorced him. Marian was the proud grandmother of Jeremy Mele of Salem, and Victoria Mele of Springvale, ME. She recently became a great-grandmother to Nico Thomas Mele of Salem. Marian is survived by her brother John Corsi of Marshfield, while her siblings George Corsi, Joyce Sostilio, and Richard Corsi predeceased her.

Marian earned her master’s degree in education from the University of Massachusetts Boston, while working full-time as a single mother with four children. She spent her long career in Boston Public Schools, teaching kindergarten and third grade at the Michael J. Perkins School in South Boston. She cherished the South Boston community and it was a great source of pride that many of her students returned to visit her after graduating.  She retired in 2012 at age 70, but continued substitute teaching for several years, enjoying her visits to other schools in the Boston system. One of her fondest memories was being honored at Fenway Park in 2012 for her long and dedicated teaching career. She made it to the Jumbotron!
 

A vegetarian for many years, Marian loved animals and had many beloved cat companions, including Snowflake, Jasmine, Snowy, Stymie, Chamomile, Grape Ivy, Charlie, Roxie, and Iris. She instilled this sense of compassion toward animals in her children, and Marian’s spirit lives on through these shared values. She loved all the Boston wildlife that visited her backyard.
 

Marian was an avid reader and read everything by Anne Tyler, Annie Proulx, Elena Ferrante and Emily Dickinson. She loved her garden on Pond Street; the Jamaica Pond; her favorite film Cinema Paradiso; and her kindred spirits Pee-wee Herman and RuPaul. Squeeze’s Greatest Hits or Elvis were always in the tape deck in her car (when the kids hid the Yanni cassette). She was a voice for the disenfranchised throughout her life, a champion of progressive ideals, Native American rights and fairness.
 

Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations in Marian’s name can be made to Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the foundation she supported throughout her life.

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