HE WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK TO ROSE AND JOHN PEPE.
HE LEAVES BEHIND A SISTER, EVELYN AND BROTHER IN LAW EDWARD DEBLASIO. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS BROTHER, PASQUALE PEPE AND HIS SISTER, ELVIRA GIAMUNDO. HE WAS ALSO PREDECEASED BY HIS LATE WIFE, VIRGINIA BUONO.
HE IS LOVED DEARLY BY HIS DAUGHTERS AND THEIR SPOUSES: ANITA AND THOMAS STRISH, DIANNE AND KIMBALL HEFFERNAN, CHRISTINA AND TED MCCARTHY AND STEPDAUGHTERS, PAMELA EDER AND SUSAN BARKER AS WELL AS GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
HE SERVED IN THE U.S. MILITARY ARMY COMBAT IN THE KOREAN WAR. HE WAS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE OF OGDEN/ALLIED SERVICE COMPANY AT JFK AIRPORT FOR FORTY YEARS AND A VIP OVERSEER FOR JAPAN AIRLINES.
HE WAS LOVING, KIND AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR FAMILY.
HE WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER
