Amherst, MA – Paula Morazzi Hite, beloved wife, mother, sister, and friend passed peacefully in her home in Amherst, MA, in the early morning hours on January 21st, 2026. She was 64 years of age. She was a nurturing mother, a devoted wife, a loving sister, a steadfast friend, and a talented artist.
Paula studied painting at the School for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1988, she received a Diploma in Studio Art from the Museum School and a B.S. in Art Education from Tufts University. In 1990, she was the recipient of the Fifth Year Certificate and won a coveted Clarissa Bartlett Traveling Scholarship, which she used to fund six weeks of study in Lucca, Italy.
Paula met her husband Bill Hite of 34 years in 1989 in Somerville, MA. They were married in 1991 on a beautiful September day at Emmanuel Church in Boston and honeymooned in New Mexico. They lived in Jamaica Plain and Roslindale before moving to Sunderland, MA, in 2002, and later Amherst, MA, in 2010. The greatest adventure of their life together was travelling to China to adopt their children, Kieran (born 2000) and Marlena (born 2005).
In 2021 she Paula became a member of the A3 Gallery in Amherst. She reveled in that community of artists and her work flourished. She admired and respected her colleagues at the Gallery and mounted a solo show of paintings in May 2025 called Confluence.
Paula raised her children in a loving atmosphere where they could grow up to be who they wanted to be. She supported her husband allowing him to advance in a dual career of performing and teaching, her loving bonds with her siblings were deep and strong. And when it came to her core group of friends, she invested the time and energy required to build lasting and loving ties. At her center, Paula was an artist whose unique of way seeing her inner life and the world around her was manifested in her work. She saw the world in in terms of tone, value, hue, line, rhythm, and texture. She made the world a more beautiful place, and we that knew her and loved her will be forever enriched.
Paula is survived by Bill, her husband of 34 years; her children, Kieran and Marlena; her siblings and their families, Robert Morazzi of Somerville, SC, Catherine Morazzi of East Wareham, MA, Mary Morazzi-Henderson of Harvard, MA, and Deborah Barradale of Merrimack, NH, and her beloved cats and dog. She was preceded in death by her parents Peter J. and Nancy Morazzi and her sister Lucia Wier.
Relatives and friends are invited to celebrate Paula’s life during visiting hours at Dee Funeral Home, 27 Bedford Street, Concord, MA on Friday, January 30th from 11 am to 1 pm, concluding with a time of remembrance. A graveside service will be announced at a later date in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Paula’s name to the Daikan Humane Society, Gallery A3, or The Hospice of the Fisher Home.
For Paula’s full obituary and online tribute page, please visit www.DeeFuneralHome.com.
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