John-Passamonte-Obituary

John R. Passamonte

Baltimore, Maryland

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PASSAMONTE , John R. On November 1, 2008, JOHN RICHARD, beloved son of Pella Passamonte and her husband the late John A. Dear brother of Elizabeth Cohill and her husband William, dear uncle of Jennifer Sgroi and her husband Dominick. Also survived by other relatives and friends....

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I started playing tennis with John back in 1992. I always enjoyed playing tennis with John and sitting around afterwards talking just about anything, but especially our shared interest of tennis and music. John was quite a character and I will miss playing tennis and the discussions with him very much.
My deepest condolences to John's mother, sister, family and friends.

John was a familiar sight at the tennis barn for many years....and my group followed him onto the court on Friday nights for many years. He will be missed.

I started working with John (JP as we called him) in 1967, when I began working at the Weapon Systems Laboratory of BRL. Our association continued for the next 30 years until he retired in May of 1997 from AMSAA. My wife Fran and I would occasionally meet JP in the Abingdon Library. Our most recent outing was having dinner with him at Bob Evans when he stopped by our house to see how I was doing after a serious fall and injury.
Both Fran and I really liked JP, and we fondly remember a...

I am truly sorry to hear that John passed away. I was just thinking of calling him last week to see how he was. I should not have waited. We started work for the Army on the same day 43 years ago and worked many years together.