Sabatino Pascale M.D.

Sabatino Pascale, MD

age 99, died peacefully in Palm Beach, Florida, surrounded by his loving family, on December 2, 2020. Many friends called him Sam. He was born on November 14, 1921, in Brookfield, Ohio, to Rosalia Polce Pascale and Luigi Pascale. He spent his childhood both in Ohio and in Italy, always considering himself equally American and Italian. He attended scientific lyceum in Caserta, Italy, and medical school in Naples, Italy. In 1941, he was drafted into the Italian army, and served as an officer until 1943, when he joined the Allied Resistance. He spent many months underground, in the Pensione Annalena in Florence, helping British intelligence, and hiding and protecting Jewish families from the retreating Nazis; in later years, he shared stories from this chapter of his life. After graduating from medical school in 1952, he worked as a general practitioner in Caserta and the surrounding areas, making home visits on his Vespa. In 1954 he married Ada D'Ambrosio, a fellow physician whom he had met in medical school. He completed a medical internship in Warren, Ohio, and a medical residency at Aultman Hospital where he was chief resident. He and Ada settled in Canton, where he practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology for 45 years. He delivered thousands of babies, including the children of those he had delivered, and took great joy in the achievements of those he had brought into this world. He served as Chief of Staff of Timken Mercy Hospital for two terms, and in 2000 was inducted into the Society of St. Luke. For many years he was a clinical professor of Ob/Gyn at Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine. He remained active after his retirement, volunteering at The First Baptist Church Medical Clinic, in West Palm Beach, Florida, and playing tennis into his late 80s. He returned to Italy every summer with Ada, staying in the seaside town of Formia, reuniting with his large extended family. He had a deep knowledge of and passion for Roman history, and took great pleasure in taking his children and grandchildren to explore Roman ruins, most recently in 2017, at the age of 96. Above all, his greatest loves were his family and his work.

His wife Ada predeceased him in 2009 on the date of their 55th Anniversary. He was also predeceased by his parents and his brother Pietro. He is survived by his beloved daughters and sons-in-law, Lia and Mark Heath, and Lucinda and Eric Stonestrom, and by his most adored and adoring grandchildren Nicholas, Atticus and Celia.