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Louisos has fond memories of O’Shaughnessy’s mother, calling her an “angel.” O’Shaughnessy said he always got a kick out of Louisos’ dad.

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Louisos’ parents used Cora’s services and commented on the beautiful, detailed and professional work Cora and Paul did. Her son began hanging curtains and draperies when he was 14 years old and made a successful career following in his mother’s footsteps. with about nine sewing machines and lights filling the ceilings.Ĭora’s business was open for 54 years. O’Shaughnessy’s mother, Cora, was the talented designer behind the Artcraft Curtain Shoppe, which operated out of the basement of 151 Atlantic Ave. Little did he know the couple would be his future neighbors. “I remember seeing Paul walking with Kerry while they were dating,” he added. Stefan Louisos’ parents, Dorothy and Arthur, owned and operated Baldwin’s Market, known for its fresh hamburg, from 1957 to 1976. In his defense, he is four years younger than O’Shaughnessy. “I would see Paul and his brother throwing the shot put I tried and couldn’t even lift it,” Louisos said with a laugh. Louisos started working at the store when he was 11 years old and happily recalled working the cash register near the large window facing Atlantic Avenue. He described his parents’ store as the epitome of “mom and pop” shop, carrying everything from chips and bread to the famous fresh hamburg.

From left are Stefan’s brother, George Stefan his parents, Arthur and Dorothy and his sister, Elaina. Louisos agreed, “Yes, people went there for the hamburg.” Taken on the day before his parents’ retirement in 1976, Stefan Louisos stands with his family in front of Baldwin’s Market. “They had that fresh hamburg,” O’Shaughnessy recalled. Dorothy and Arthur Louisos owned and operated Baldwin’s Market from 1957 to 1976. Their parents also owned popular businesses in town for many years, and both sons worked at the family shops. Their wives, Kerry O’Shaughnessy and Gayle Louisos, both worked for the Marblehead School Department. on Green Street, and O’Shaughnessy at the former Marblehead High School on Pleasant Street.

They each met their wives in town, Louisos at work as a machinist at Burke Products Inc. Louisos’ father came from Greece, and O’Shaughnessy’s dad arrived from Ireland. when they were 8 years old and then were stunned to find that they had unexpectedly become neighbors again on Village Street as adults.īoth are second-generation Americans. Paul O’Shaughnessy and Stefan Louisos moved with their families to 151 and 153 Atlantic Ave. They were born in Lynn and lived there until they were each 8 years old, when they moved to 151 and 153 Atlantic Ave., Marblehead. The two friends have more in common than their choice of Marblehead addresses. It is a good thing they have liked being neighbors because they basically have been neighbors for life. Paul O’Shaughnessy and Stefan Louisos know the true meaning of a “small town.” They grew up next door to each other and later spent their adulthood living next door to each other.