Jack Francis Masarie

Masarie, Jack Francis

November 25, 1942 - March 23, 2023

GREENSBORO – Jack Francis Masarie, age 80, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2023 at Beacon Place.

Jack was born on November 25, 1942 in San Francisco, Calif. to the late Attilio Romeo Masarie and Amelia Isola Masarie. In 1960, Jack graduated from Mills High School in Millbrae, Calif. where he was on the varsity tennis team. He received his BM from Juilliard School of music in New York and, following graduation, he married Gayle Anderson on June 11, 1966 in Saginaw, Mich. Jack played Assistant Principal horn with the Detroit Symphony under conductor Sixten Ehrling from 1966 to 1968 and Principal Horn with the Toledo Symphony, under conductor, Serge Fournier, from 1969 to 1972.

In 1972, Jack received his Master of Music degree from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. In Greensboro, Jack became an Assistant Professor in the UNC Greensboro School of Music from 1972 to 2008. While there, he performed with the 'Eastwind 'Quintet, with whom he toured in Guam , and 'Market Street Brass,' with whom he toured Europe and China. Jack was on the faculty at Brevard Music Center in Brevard, N.C. for eleven summers, and also spent five summers in Saginaw, Mich., where he performed with The Eddy Band.

Jack loved trains and antique cars. He was a member of the General Greene Car Club here in Greensboro, where he made lasting friends. As a former Marine, Jack was a devoted member of the 260th detachment of the Marine Corps League in Greensboro.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife of 56 years, Gayle Gene Anderson Masarie; daughters, Heidi Beth Masarie Laufer and husband, Kiry Aliyah Laufer and their daughter, Adina Rae Laufer, of Topsail Beach, N.C. and Susannah Louise Masarie of Guthrie, Okla. Also, beloved nieces/cousins and their extended families from California, Texas and Nebraska as well as Kiry's extended family from Tucumcarie, N.M., West Virginia and San Diego, Calif.

A thank you goes to the nurses and staff of 'In- home' hospice from Aurora Hospice of Greensboro and to the hospice facility Beacon Place in Greensboro for their care of Jack. Likewise, thank you to Jack's doctors: oncologist, Dr. Gary Sherrill and cardiologist, Dr. Thomas Kelly and to Cone and Wesley Long Hospitals. Thank you to Choice Medical supply for their assistance and to Greensboro Fire station # 15 and one other one, plus Guilford County EMS for their 'lift/assist' on numerous occasions.

For those who would prefer to make a charitable donation in Jack's name, the family suggests donations to the International Horn Society, Post Office Box 5486, Toledo, OH 43613.

A memorial service for Mr. Masarie will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at the UNC-G Recital Hall, 100 McIver Street, Greensboro, NC 27412. A reception will be held following the service.

The family wishes to thank Forbis and Dick Guilford Chapel for their assistance and service. Online condolences and tributes may be offered at www.forbisanddick.com

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