Carl Tirone

Carl Tirone, 61 of Hudson NH, sped out of the lives of all who loved him far too soon, on September 20th, 2023. Carl left us peacefully and surrounded by love at the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center after a cardiac arrest. Carl was born on April 7th, 1962, to Marie (Diorio) and Carlo Tirone. Carl was the youngest of five and leaves behind his siblings Marco Tirone and his wife Linda of Billerica MA and their children Michael Tirone and Lisa Button, Ann Valery of Billerica MA and Lucille and Ron Weatherbee of Florida. Carl was predeceased by both his parents, his brother Joe Tirone, and his former wife Deborah A Tirone. Carl attended the school of life, where he excelled in being an entrepreneur before people even knew what that was! Carl made his way through this world on hard work and determination. Carl was self-employed at an early age in Billerica MA owning Carl's Towing. He later moved to Hudson NH where he created a successful car business, Hudson Wholesale. He enjoyed many years in the car industry before settling into the trucking industry. Carl was the owner operator of Tirone Trucking LLC. This gave him the ability to live his best life, enjoying autonomy, and the ability to have as many cars and motorcycles as he wanted to. In 1988, Carl married his first wife Debbie and had the pleasure of helping raise Michael Brown of Hooksett NH and Kevin Brown of Chester NH. Carl's life was centered around family. He worked hard to provide stability and the best home life possible. Carl always tried to lead by example, creating a foundation that would set the children up for success. Carl is described as being influential and having an impact that was transformative. Carl's push to fulfill dreams has contributed to who Michael and Kevin are today. Carl was well known for his love of music, ability to play instruments and fostering that love of music in the children who as they grew found talents in playing. Carl was also well known for making up his own lyrics, sometimes inappropriate but always for a laugh! Carl married his second wife Susan in 1998 happily assuming the role of father to her four children Danielle Razzino of Nashua NH, Rebecca Razzino of Greenville NH, Shelby Razzino Rondeau of Hudson NH and Robert Razzino of Hudson NH. In March of 1998, Carl proudly and with great love welcomed his daughter Rachael Marie Tirone of Hudson NH. Carl continued to invest his whole heart into raising his family. Carl enjoyed a full life leaving wonderful memories of a man who was doing the best he could. Carl taught lessons through playing cards and board games. He worked hard to instill fairness and the importance of keeping your word. Most of all, his children would want Carl to be remembered as a man whose love language was making people happy. Carl always took great pride and accomplishment when bestowing cards and gifts that showed how he felt about the receiver, always looking for emotion and happiness that he "nailed it". Nothing made him smile more than knowing that he knew you. Carl instilled a sense of adventure in his children. Doing his best to foster confidence and encourage them to do things like race cars, ride dirt bikes, and then motorcycles. Carl's love of fast cars and motorcycles was contagious. This passion brought many fantastic lifelong friends into his world and if you were in his world, you knew you would always have a friend. Carl was beginning a new stage of his life that sadly has been cut short and that was being a grandfather to Kaiden Razzino, Mikey Fauvel and Penny Pacheco. Carl will be fondly remembered as "Papa Carl". As young as they are, they were no strangers to Papa Carl the jokester as well as Papa Carl the teddy bear. No one will forget the sheer joy that Carl felt as he effortlessly and without a care would toss the keys to whatever latest and greatest car he was driving into the hands of a trusted friend. Always with a devilish smile, he would say "take it out, redline it, have fun!”... whether it was a new Shelby or the latest Hellcat if it was his, it was yours. Carl was known for his rolling smoke shows and the rubber he would leave behind. Carl Tirone was a talker, he loved his friends. If you were blessed to have been a recipient of frequent phone calls you know that getting off the phone could sometimes be difficult, you will miss that. He is leaving a void in so many lives. Carl had the heart of a competitor. He lived, he loved, he raced. He was a hell of a driver. Carl was very well known in the race community as a championship race car builder, he took great satisfaction in having put family and friends in the seat of a championship car. Carl set out to win his own championship in 1997 and indeed he did. Carl Tirone went on that season to secure his first championship as well as the first dual track championship in the street stock division at both Hudson Speedway and Star Speedway. Carl was slowly making his way back to racing having raced this year in the pro-V8 division. He will be remembered by the race community for many years to come. We cannot write about racing without mentioning the loss of Carl's dear friend and racer Mighty Mike Lewis and we know that they are back together again. Family and friends were so very important to Carl, he will leave a big hole in our hearts. Carl will live on in every one of us. He will also live on in every burnout and every inappropriate joke. On his behalf, go enjoy a good meal at Kitty’s of North Reading, try a new spot, bring home dessert for someone you love and don't forget to flirt with the waitress. Honoring Carl's wishes there will be no calling hours or services. There will be a Celebration of Life for friends to be held by the family on October 7th at the White Birch in Hudson NH from Noon-4pm.

Carl Tirone

April 7, 1962 - September 20, 2023