Battista Joseph (BJ) Pecoraro

B.J. passed away peacefully on November 8, 2025, at the age of 89. Beloved husband for 66 years to the late Sandra Pagnac Pecoraro. Father of Joseph Pecoraro (Davina) and Eugene (Gino) Pecoraro (Pat). Grandfather of Gia Marie Katzenmeyer (Andy) and Nicolas Joseph Pecoraro (Becca), Seth Tillman and Matthew Tillman. Great Grandfather of Stella, Ada and Josie Katzenmeyer. Son of the late Joseph John and Marie Chiarello Pecoraro. Brother of the late Alfred Thomas Pecoraro.

B.J. was an outstanding athlete at Sacred Heart High School and a graduate of Southwest Mississippi Junior College. He was awarded a basketball scholarship to attend Loyola University in New Orleans and was a member of the Loyola Wolfpack team that played in the NCAA Basketball tournament in 1958. The team was inducted into the Loyola Sports Hall of Fame in 2005. He retired from the Hotel Monteleone as Sales Manager in 2005. B.J. was a founding member of the Shepherds Social Club.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation at 9:00am on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at Lake Lawn Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. in New Orleans. A Memorial Mass will follow at 11:00am. Interment in Lake Lawn Park.

In lieu of flowers donations can be made in B.J.’s name to Bright School for the Deaf, 201 Pasadena Ave., Metairie, LA 70001.