of Groton, NH, died on March 1 at Dartmouth Hitchcock Hospital in Lebanon, NH. Born in Bayonne, he was the son of the late Joseph and Cosimina (nee: Notarnicola). He graduated from Woodrow Wilson School and Bayonne High School, received his BS Degree from Tufts University in Boston and M.D. from the University of Bologna Medical School. Dr. Falchetta served in Korea during Vietnam War as a Captain in the US Army Medical Corps and later stationed at Triple Army Medical Center in Hawaii. After his service in the Army, he was a physician at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Lyons, NJ and the Community Mental Health in Concord, NH until his retirement. He is survived by hi wife Linda N. (nee: Reis) Falchetta, his son Fred P. Passarella and Wife Cathy, grand children Abigail and Christopher, his brother Vincent Falchetta, his sister Cosimini Falchetta D’Alessandro and many nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his brother Joseph Jr. Funeral arrangements by MAYHEW Funeral Homes and Crematorium, 204 D.W. Highway, Meredith, NH.