Randy Scarpati

Randy L. Scarpati of 7 Vespa Lane, Nashua, N.H., died unexpectedly in Old Lyme on July 27, 2005. He was born in New York, N.Y., on Sept. 30, 1949, a son of Alice (Usholik) Scarpati of Clearwater, Fla., and the late Harold Scarpati.

He had resided in Nashua since 1974, previously residing in Maspeth, N.Y. He was the husband of Terri (Kelly) Scarpati, whom he married on May 11, 1974. For the past 10 years, he had been employed at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London as chief information officer.

At one time, Mr. Scarpati served on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Greater Nashua and received at one time a Volunteer of the Year Award from the City of Nashua. He had, as well, served as a Cub Scout leader, a softball, baseball and basketball coach. He enjoyed travel and had a goal of going around the world. He also enjoyed gardening, golf, music, and bicycling as well as wine tasting, hanging out with and entertaining his many friends and family, watching sports, washing and working on cars, mathematics and eating beets. His family referred to him as a "funny person." In recent years, he had acquired an interest in motorcycles.

He was a communicant of St. John Neumann Church in Merrimack, N.H. He was educated in Queens, N.Y., where he graduated from Grover Cleveland High School. He was also a graduate of New York Institute of Technology in New York, N.Y., where he was awarded a bachelor of science degree in computer science. In addition to his wife of 31 years and his mother, survivors include a daughter and son-in-law Kathleen (Scarpati) and Tamer Saad of Nashua; two sons, Daniel Scarpati and his fiance, Jennifer Oates, and Patrick Scarpati all of Nashua; a sister and brother-in-law Gerri and Ray Fotschky of Gillette, New Jersey; a brother- and sister-in-law Thomas and Annemarie Scarpati of Staten Island, N.Y.; 12 nieces and a nephew.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. John Neumann Church, Route 101 A at Pennichuck Square, Merrimack, N.H. today at 10 a.m. Friends are invited to attend. There will be no interment at this time. Those planning an expression of sympathy are asked to consider a donation to the William T. Christopher Fund for Children's Health, c/o Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, 365 Montauk Ave., New London, CT 06320, or to Dr. Norman W. Crisp Elementary School Library, 50 Arlington St., Nashua, NH 03060.