Gino Phillip Pascazi, age 56, of Butler, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at UPMC Shadyside.
Born in Butler on June 21, 1961, he was the son of the late Benjamin and Jacqueline Green Pascazi.
Before retiring, he was employed as a crane operator at AK Steel.
Being with his wife and kids was his greatest pleasure in life, for his life revolved around his family. Gino also enjoyed searching for arrowheads and hunting.
Gino was a member of Saint Wendelin Roman Catholic Church. He also belonged to the NRA and to the Butler City Hunting and Fishing Club.
He was a 1979 graduate of Butler High School.
He is survived by his wife, Sheri Rattigan Pascazi, whom he married June 5, 1999; two children, Maria and Gino Pascazi, at home; two sisters, Kimberly Neudorfer and her husband, John, of Butler, and Tina O’Donnell and her husband, Rodney, of Butler; his mother-in-law, Rose Ann Rattigan of Butler; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Friends will be received in the Martin Funeral Home, Inc., 429 Center Avenue, Butler, on Wednesday from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Saint Wendelin Roman Catholic Church, 210 Saint Wendelin Road, Butler, with Reverend Matt McClain, pastor, officiating.
Burial will follow in Saint Wendelin’s Cemetery.