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Pasquale Castellano Obituary
Born March 18, 1936, to Michael and Florence (Rivlin) Castellano in Chicago, Pasquale graduated from North Hollywood High in 1952, pursued a Bachelor of Psychology, UCLA (1957), Master of Divinity (1960), Master of Pastoral Counselling (1964), and Doctor of Ministry (1975) at San Francisco Theological Seminary .
Pasquale worked as a clergyman, marriage, family, and child counselor for over 40 years, and was passionate about troubled youth and delinquency prevention, highlighted in his recognition by Marquis Who's Who. His pastoral positions included: Assistant pastor, 1st Presbyterian Church, Garden Grove, CA, 1960-1963; Pastor, Community Presbyterian Church, Cambria, CA, 1964-1970; Pastor, St. Stephens Presbyterian Church, North Highlands, CA, 1970-1977; Pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church, South Pasadena, CA, 1977-1998; Adjunct Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 1968, and CSU Sacramento, 1975.
In 1962, Pasquale married Marie Frances (Tanner) Castellano and had 3 children, Derek Michael, Mark Addison, and Kurt Pasquale.
While retired, Pasquale valued family, supporting his children and grandchildren activities, as well as pursued his love of people, connecting with friends and old acquaintances. He also enjoyed daily gardening, travel, museums, reading mysteries and occasional sketching.
Pasquale was predeceased by his parents, Michael and Florence and survived by his wife of 60 years, Marie, sons, Derek, Mark, and Kurt, and his grandsons, Nicholas, Cameron , Tanner, and Addison.
At his request, no service will be held. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (https://pda.pcusa.org/).
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Stratford Neighborhood
April 3, 2023
Prayers for the family. He was a great neighbor and always working on the yard, going to miss seeing him out there.
God Bless!
Douglas Emslie
February 18, 2023
I am so glad to have had Pat Castellano as part of my life. It is often said that if one can count on the fingers of one hand the number of close friends at the end of one's life, then that life has been a success. Certainly, Pat could use his accounting to show a huge number of folks whose lives had been positively affected by Pat! From the first day I walked into Calvary Presbyterian Church and heard Dr. Castellano deliver his sermon, I knew I would look forward to each Sunday morning. Pat's thoughtful and often academic approach to his weekly message would nearly always promote discussion at the coffee hour immediately thereafter. In addition, Pat was so approachable making conversation easy on almost any subject. I will forever be a better person, in fact the world is a better place, because of Pat Castellano. Farewell to a friend and mentor - to a person of whom we may truthfully say; "a life well lived".
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