John "Papa" Pampinella

To my wonderful grandfather, I will always have you in my heary and I will always remember you and all the amazing things you did in my life. Never can I say I shared the same relationship with anybody else in my family as I did with you, I will miss our conversations about life and our awesome luch dates we used to go on all the time. I will not shed a tear for you or mourn your death I will simply celebrate your life the way you want me to. I love you papa and I will never forget you, and I promise not to get old like you always told me to##imported-begin##Richard Recchie III##imported-end##

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.

Uncle John
We'll miss you##imported-begin##Dee and Faust Addonizio##imported-end##

I have so very many childhood memories of John because growing up I spent almost all of my waking moments at the Pampinella's house. I felt like he was my second Dad! There are many stories I could share but the one I will recount happened on Nov. 1, 1975. That was the night John took Grace and I to our first rock-n-roll concert! Grace and I were inseparatable best friends and would listen and dance for hours to music on our favorite radio station, Y-100. Grace won tickets to a Bachman Turner Overdrive concert and John agreed to take the two of us. We were so excited and felt so grown-up although we were only in 8th grade. As the band played, and Grace and I danced, sang and got crazy at our 1st rock concert, I also remember thinking how lucky Grace was to have such a great(and cool) Dad to let us experience that night. I think John also had a great time!! That night will always be part of my memory of John Pampinella, Grace's "COOL" Dad!!

I'll always remember you fondly,
Denise Crispino Glay##imported-begin##Denise Crispino Glay##imported-end##

We always enjoyed talking with him. He made us feel like he cared about us. We will miss him.##imported-begin##Gloria Mazzei/Maria Mazzei-Sellitti##imported-end##

I have known John for about thirty years. His daughter (Grace) is married to my son (Richard).

John has always been very supportive in everything his children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren have been involved in.

He has always been there to help anyone wherever help was needed.

He was a man of high integrity and loved God with all his heart, all his soul, and all his mind. He knew a lot of people and always had great relationships with his co-workers.

We know that being absent from the body means that we are present with the Lord and that is when our real life begins. Our life here is temporal, but with the Lord is is for eternity. We know that one day we will be with him and be rejoicing with him.

For now, we are celebrating John's graduation!!!!!!

I thank John for being a part of my life here, it has been a privilage to know you.

Thank You Lord
Tillie##imported-begin##Tillie Recchie##imported-end##

How can I start, A man who was truly with me since day one of my life...Always looked passed my faults and my downturns and always saw the true me....I never took anything he did for me for granted, Every friday I would take him to the doctors...It was like guy's day out we would jump on I-95 listen to some wu-tang make fun of politics and laugh and simply enjoy one another's company....I never experienced days like those, the kind of days where pure love and joy was shared.....We would watch who wants to be a millionaire and I must say we made a pretty good tag team....We would always talk about goin on the show together and splitting the million down the middle.....I told him everything, things that I know other people would have criticized and judged me for, but he didn't care he understood why I would do the things I did even if I had not a clue....We would go eat at the most random places, I would pick him and mama up there "One" mcchikcens from mcdonalds and I always used to ask him.....You sure you only want one papa?.....haha so many good days with him one of the most inspiring people I have ever known a true friend who was always there for me....more then anybody...AND I MEAN ANYBODY!.....He would always tell me how proud he was of me and my brother and my older sister......He always said..."Rich never get old" I always promised him I wouldn't and now I definitely do not have plans of it......I love you more then you know papa I can't say i ever had somebody of his caliber care for me the way he did, and Just to know that makes me happy##imported-begin####imported-end##