Mario V. Campanaro

Mario Vincent Campanaro, age 94, of 3500 Garrett Court in Aberdeen, died on February 23, 2016. He was born on March 29, 1921 in Brooklyn, NY, the youngest child of Italian immigrants, Antonio Palma Campanaro and Doralice DeBerardinis Campanaro. He graduated from high school in Brooklyn, NY and during WWII fought with the 66th Infantry. A survivor of the 1944 Christmas Eve Leopoldville Disaster while crossing the English Channel he went on to be involved in the support and reinforcement of the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, he went to work for the Pepsi Cola Company and remained employed in the soft drink business until his retirement in 1988. He served as a Pepsi Cola executive in various capacities, was part owner of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company in Havre de Grace for a number of years, and ended his career managing Pepsi Cola bottling plants and warehouses in North Carolina. In 2001, he was predeceased by his loving wife of 58 years, Anna Vignapiano Campanaro. He is survived by their three daughters: Doralice Barthel, Toni Brookman and Lucille Amrein and sons-in-law: Dixon Barthel, Thomas Brookman and Thomas Amrein; eight grandchildren: R. Vincent Barthel, Anthony Barthel, Matthew Brookman, Anna Votta, Nathan Barthel, Katie Akaezue, Hiliary Smolenski and Shannon Webster; and 15 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Vincent Barthel, Anthony Barthel, Nathan Barthel, Matthew Brookman, Craig Votta, Gregory Webster, James Smolenski and Paul Akaezue. In lieu of flowers, the family requests gifts be sent to the Harford County Sheriff's Office Benevolent Fund, 45 South Main Street, Bel Air, MD 21014 in memory of Patrick and Mark.