Pasquale M. Petrucci

MANCHESTER, N.J. - Pasquale (Pat) Michael Petrucci, 77, of Manchester, N.J., passed away Friday, April 29, 2016, at his home, after a battle with a rare form of Adrenal Carcinoma diagnosed in December of 2015. He was born and raised in West Haven, Connecticut. In his younger years he loved playing baseball and played the saxophone in his school band. He graduated from Quinnipiac University, attended Providence College, and Southern Connecticut State University. He held an MS and BS in Science, Strategic Business Management and Planning. During his work career and raising a family, he held titles such as President, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Employment had been with Clay Adams, a Div. of Becton Dickinson; Cuno a Div. of AMF; Worthington Diagnostics/Cooper Biomedical; Robert S. First, Int'l Inc.; Environmental Diagnostics; Akers Labs, Inc.; Nanticoke Homes, Inc.; most recently Consolidated Consulting, Fedirka Associates. Pat was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church of Bordentown, N.J., and served on Finance Committee, attended Prayer Group meetings; helped with other committees. When living in Magnolia, Del., was a communicant of Wesley United Methodist Church of Dover, also participating on several Methodist committees, in Tuesday morning Men's Prayer Group. He had lived with his wife Karen in Magnolia, Delaware for 18 years before moving back to N.J. in 2014. He was predeceased by his son, Anthony Petrucci; and his parents, Louis Petrucci and Anne (Marrandino) Petrucci. He is survived by his loving wife of almost 25 years, Karen (Gray) Petrucci of Manchester, N.J.; son, Louis, wife Debora Petrucci of N.J.; daughter, Annemarie, husband Mark Vaupel of Minn.; daughter-in-law, Suzanne Petrucci; and stepdaughters, Kimberly Kline (Domenic Iasevoli), Tammy and Ross Delhagen, Sr., Kristen Cugliari (James Zapata) all of N.J. His passionately loved grandchildren, Robert and Benjamin Vaupel, Minn., Ross Delhagen, Jr., Frank, Jr., Joseph, and Nicholas Cugliari, Isabella, Adrianna, Gabriella and Olivia Petrucci, Ashlynn and Kristina Delhagen, Katelynn Kline and Emily Iasevoli, of N.J. His sisters, Judith Menzo and Rosemarie Zbikowski of Conn.; brothers-in-law, Sal Menzo, Sr., the late Bob Zbikowski of Conn., Lonnie Gray, John Gray, of Tenn., Mark (Maria) Gray, Pa., Kevin (Felicia) Gray, John (Juleanne) Smith, Timothy Gray; sisters-in-law, Jeanne Gray (Frank Izzo) N.J., Kathleen Gray, all of N.J. and over 60 nieces, nephews and cousins of Conn., Del., Mass., N.J. and Tenn. Visitation is Tuesday, May 3, 2016 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Peppler Funeral Home, 122 Crosswicks St., Bordentown, N.J. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m., Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 339 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown, N.J. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the MD Anderson Cancer Center, The Cooper Foundation, 200 Federal St., Suite 146, Camden, NJ 08103.