Nicholas P. Fandacone Sr.

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Nicholas Fandacone Obituary

Nicholas P. Fandacone, Sr., 67, of Newington, beloved husband of Gale M. (Noyes) Fandacone, died Wednesday, (September 24, 2003) at New Britain General Hospital. He was born in Hartford, son of the late John A. and Angeline (Marandino) Fandacone, living in West Hartford for many years and has resided in Newington for the past 45 years. Nick was the owner of John Fandacone and Son, Inc., landscape services, having worked with his father since he was a young boy. Family and friends were his biggest interest in life. Besides his wife, he is survived by five sons and a daughter-in-law, Nicholas P. Fandacone, Jr., John A. Fandacone and Joseph W. Fandacone, all of New Britain, Michael A. and Dorothy Fandacone of Berlin and Marc E. Fandacone of Newington; eight grandchildren; a great-grandson; his sister, Antoinette F. Beaupre of West Hartford; two uncles, Bias Marandino of Bloomfield and Dominic Marandino of Simsbury; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be Saturday at 9 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, 1655 Boulevard, West Hartford with the Rev. Carl Anton, Pastor officiating. Interment will follow at Mount St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. Calling hours will be TODAY from 4-8 p.m. at the Sheehan-Hilborn-Breen Funeral Home, 1084 New Britain Ave., West Hartford. Donations in memory of Nick may be made to the March of Dimes, 255 Pitkin St., East Hartford 06108 or to a charity of the donor's choice.

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Published by Hartford Courant on Sep. 26, 2003.

Memories and Condolences
for Nicholas Fandacone

12 Entries

Dave & Ruth Oswald

October 26, 2003

Dear Gale, we are so sorry for your loss. Nick will be missed dearly by his congregation at Sanibel. When we think of Nick, we remember many happy years on Sanibel sitting around the pool talking, telling jokes and mostly of laughter. We have many happy and wonderful memories of dinners, hot tubs and toasting everyone we could think of and the twinkle that was always present in Nick's eyes. Our fondest memories of Nick is starting on the day after arrival at Sanibel, we could count on finding Nick at poolside, sitting in the sun (starting his sunburn) with his arms folded across his tummy and saying "Where have you guys been, I've been here since 6:30", midday memory was always "the gravy is on". We felt so bad we couldn't get up to Connecticut to see him! You and Nick will be in our prayers.

Love Dave and Ruth

Daniel & Rosalie Maxfield

October 25, 2003

Dear Gale,

We are so sorry for your loss and know that Nicky is now in God's care.

Hopefully your memories of all the good times with Nick will help you through the coming months and years. He will truly be missed.

God Bless you and your family.

Love,

Rose & Dan

Barbara & Rick Shewring

October 17, 2003

Dear Gale:

It is so difficult to find the right words to express how saddened we are by Nick's passing. We always enjoyed his company so much whether it was chatting poolside, those great pasta dinners at your place, or at the Lazy Flamingo for oysters and the like.

Our yearly Sanibel visit will not be the same without Nick's great sense of humor and outgoing social nature. We will miss him very much and he will be in our prayers.

We will be thinking of you and hope to see you soon.

Love Barb & Rick

Judy Johnston

October 15, 2003

Looking for Nicky at Sanibel was the first thing we did after checking in every year. He would be holding court under the umbrella at a corner of the pool. Different friends would gather each day while he shared stories from his past and his family. Nick Capasso was one of his biggest admirers, and I do hope they are together now. We shall miss him so very much, and cherish the friendship that we enjoyed with him over the years. I speak for my children too that have known Nicky and in particular my granddaughter Allison

Richard and Mare' Yvon

October 15, 2003

Nick, We will miss you and always hold you in Our Hearts Forever.

John & Joan Sidoroff

September 28, 2003

We will miss Nick very much! Always looked forward to seeing him in Sanibel & are greatly saddened by his passing.

Love, John & Joan

Christine Lombardo

September 27, 2003

To The Fandacone Family

We have known Marc for a very long time because of his friendship with my son, John Hamilton. Because of that we would like to extend our deepest sympathies to your family in this time of sorrow.

Marc was there to comfort me and my family when my father died and I would like to return the respect.

Nick will be in our thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,

Louie & Chris Lombardo

Lynne Cipolla

September 26, 2003

God bless your grandpa, Julie and Johnny, he is now in God's Garden and that's a beautiful, peaceful place. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

John LaVoie

September 26, 2003

I wish to send my sincere condolences to the Fandacone family. Nick was always very kind to me and I will miss seeing him around town.

Bobbi and Moe Parent

September 26, 2003

Dear Gayle:

There are no words to express the deep feelings in our hearts when we heard about Nicky. We know it was God's will and Nicky is in a much better place, but it doesn't make it any easier to bear the sorrow you have now.

Moe and I have prayed for you both, especially for you, asking the Lord to be especially attentive to you in your time of need, and to be with you to hold you up and comfort you in His arms.

There's just no way to express our feelings except that our feelings are a little deeper and a little sadder because we have "shared" a lot of the same burden. You will be in our prayers always and so will Nicky.

In deepest sympathy,

Bobbi and Moe