Oct 13, 2013

Former Bentworth School District teacher

Vincent Quattro, 73, of Cokeburg, passed away peacefully Saturday, October 12, 2013, in Washington Hospital, following a brief illness.

He was born October 21, 1939, in Houston, a son of Mary Nakoneczny Quattro and the late Jack Quattro.

Mr. Quattro lived in the Bentleyville and Cokeburg areas for his entire life.

In 1965, he married his life partner, Joanne Mihalek Quattro, and for more than 47 years they devoted their lives to building a loving home for their three children and grandchildren.

Mr. Quattro was a 1957 graduate of Bentleyville High School, where he excelled in football, basketball and baseball.

He was a 1964 graduate of California State College, with a bachelor of science in elementary education and began his long career in the field of education.

Mr. Quattro was a sixth-grade math teacher in Bentworth School District for 34 years and touched many lives of the students he taught. He was also a very successful coach of both boys basketball and girls softball at Bentworth High School, winning many section titles. He coached two basketball teams to WPIAL runner-up positions.

In 1979, he was awarded the Washington County Coach of the Year for his many achievements.

Surviving are his beloved wife, Joanne Mihalek Quattro of Cokeburg; his mother, Mary Quattro of Bentleyville; two daughters, Jennifer Flynn (Patrick) of Scott Township and Janine Shirley (David) of Cranberry Township; a son, David Quattro (Danielle) of Deemston; his five grandchildren whom he adored, Katie and Emily Flynn, Austin and Madison Shirley and Evan Quattro; his three stepgrandchildren, Dillon Spencer, Dieon and Destinee Irey; and brother Gary Quattro of Hampton.

Mr. Quattro joins his father, Jack Quattro, in heaven and will be dearly missed by all those who loved him.

Friends are welcome from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Thompson-Marodi Funeral Home Inc., 809 Main Street, Bentleyville, where the rosary will be prayed at 2 p.m. by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 16, in Ave Maria Church, Bentleyville, with the Rev. Edward L. Yuhas as celebrant. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Washington Area Humane Society, P.O. Box 66, Eighty Four, PA 15330.

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