John Pete Pasquin

John Pete Pasquin, 87, of Aguilar, Colorado, born on April 21, 1931 in Walsenburg, Colorado, left us to be with the Lord on November 7, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

John was an air force veteran and one of nine Ariel Reconnaissance Photographers to fly in the famous B-36 aircraft missions over Korea during the Korean conflict. He loved racing and everything Ford. Known for some time as the Karb King, he was an unstoppable force in the Colorado and Utah drag-racing scenes with his hand-built ford flathead dragster and later in the stock car racing scene with his son Kory Pasquin and the supermodified racing scene with his son Jim Pasquin. John also built a go-kart that went on to compete at the national championship level. He was a key contributor to the US film industry through the 1970s and 1980s having worked for PAKO Corp and Transamerica. In his later years, John helped sons Kory and Jim create and run Quality Parts, a provider of tractor-trailer cooling parts and services. He was also an inventor, accumulating patents in the film development industry as well as several personal inventions.

John was preceded in death by his parents Albina J. Pasquin and Joseph F. Pasquin, brother Ezio Pasquin, sister Ines (William) Gassino and son Kory Pasquin.

John is survived by his siblings Julia (Mike) Scarafiotti, August (Naomi) Pasquin, Carl (Grace) Pasquin, Catherine (Mike) DeBono, son Jim Pasquin, daughter Suzie (Carl) Williams, grandson Anthony Pasquin and granddaughters Tory Pasquin and Karly Madson.

John has been layed to rest in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary next to his beloved son, Kory. A small gathering will be held graveside on Wednesday, November 14th at 2pm.

God speed, John. You will be greatly missed.