Mr. Dominick Tringali

COLUMBIA - Dominick Tringali, 91, husband of Dorothy Cameron Tringali, died Saturday, February 21, at Palmetto Baptist Hospital. The son of Liborio and Marianna Tringali, he was born June 6, 1923, in New York City. He attended Brooklyn schools prior to enlisting in the Army and serving during World War II in the Pacific Theater, with combat in the Philippines. Returning home, he worked briefly with his father at Tringali and Sons Iron Works and then attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (now New York University Polytechnic Institute) where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was a member of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity, the Rifle Team and Pi Tau Sigma, national honorary Mechanical Engineering fraternity. He worked for several companies, designing machinery with a number of patents registered in his name at the U.S. Patent Office. One was a mail sorting machine used for a number of years by the U.S. Postal Service. He was a member of Eastminster Presbyterian Church for the past 47 years. He was also active in Great Books Club and the Columbia Computer Club. Surviving in addition to his wife of 53 years are: a daughter, Nancy Tringali Piho and her husband Paul of Washington, D.C.; a son, John Cameron Tringali and his wife Melissa of Columbia; four grandchildren, Katherine Elizabeth “Kate” Tringali and John Cameron “Cam” Tringali, Jr. of Columbia, William Paul “Willie” Piho and Daniel Phillip Piho, of Washington; a brother, Salvatore Tringali of Williamsburg, VA; a brother-in-law, Bernard Knudsen of Haworth, NJ, and a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by a brother, Lee Tringali, and a sister, Jean Tringali Knudsen. A Celebration of Life service will be held Tuesday, February 24 at 2:00 p.m. at Eastminster Presbyterian Church, followed by visitation in the church parlor. A private service of interment will be in the Eastminster Memorial Garden. The family suggests that any memorials be made to Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 3200 Trenholm Road, Columbia, SC, 29204.