John James Bartiromo

He was born January 4, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA and passed away peacefully August 10, 2021 at the age of 63 in Mission Viejo, CA.

He was a devoted husband, beloved father and adored grandfather. John was a family man to the core. John’s career with Southern California Edison spanned thirty plus years prior to his retirement.

Throughout his life John always had strong opinions, a good judge of character, and a witty sense of humor. Those who knew John knew his love for fishing, cooking, poker, baseball, country music, and family. He will be missed immensely by all. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Jeanise, son Cole, daughters Andrea and Katelynn, son-in-law Jason, granddaughters Bryce and Ellie, sister Donna and brother-in-law Chip, sister-in-law Wendi and brother-in-law Mark, mother-in-law Ginger, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.

A small private service was held to spread his ashes at sea, a place he always felt most peaceful.

A Celebration of Life will be held January 30, 2022.

For more information, please call (949) 338-8505.

John Bartiromo:

He was the loudest one in any room

He had an opinion about everything, and it was always “right”.

He fiercely loved his family, fishing, poker, country music, and baseball.

Fishing was his happy place. He said the ocean made him feel better.

He boasted about his family any chance he got…to the point it got embarrassing at times. But he was just so proud to be Dad.

He was obsessed with celebrating birthdays and they often became birth-weeks.

He loved having family gatherings and would be so annoyed if someone didn’t attend.

He always ordered a dinner salad (with blue cheese) and was so mad if it came out too close to his entree.

He loved to cook and always had some new concoction for us to try (some better than others).

He had a witty and quick sense of humor. And when he got going his laugh was contagious.

He told the most vibrant tall-tale-like stories that you’d think couldn’t be true, but were.

He loved his teams win or lose: Kansas City Chiefs, Boston Celtics, and Angels. And disliked the Dodgers and Lakers even though he was a Southern California native.

He wasn’t afraid to speak his mind ever and told it to you straight. He butted heads with many, but loved them anyways. And at the same time had a “three strikes you’re out” mentality.

He could be downright mean and insensitive at times. But on the flip side he could be a softie and he could be silly. He was charismatic and could start a conversation with anyone. All of which made it easy to love him, and hard to like him sometimes. But everything always worked itself out with him.

If you were lucky enough to be called a friend, it meant you were a person of great character to surpass all his standards and double standards he had about people.

He was thick headed and stubborn much of the time and hated to admit if he was wrong.

He had such strong opinions and loved to write in to the OC Register to express them. He was so proud when his quotes made it to print, which much to our dismay was quite often.

He didn’t care what others thought of him… and wasn’t afraid to do something off the wall and silly to embarrass us in public.

He was impatient and short fused and often said he wished he had a “va-poo-rizer” to get people out of his way.

He had a soft spot in his heart for helping others.

He believed dogs were like children and treated them as such with love and cuddles.

He taught a lot of life lessons from his “street smarts” to supplement anyone’s “book smarts”.

He called himself Big Dog J. He was the Grand Pooh Bah and Bear Face Dad (BFD) to his kids. Papa John to his granddaughters. Bart to his friends.

He unfortunately worried more about others than taking the proper time to address his own health. Over the years he slowly acquired new limitations, but didn’t let it stop him from getting around.

We knew he wouldn’t live forever, but didn’t think we would be saying goodbye so soon.

We will love and miss you forever.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.fairhavenmemorialservices.com for the Bartiromo family.