Salvatore “Sal” R. Fasciana, a longtime resident of Westhampton Beach, died at his home on August 15. He was 90.
Mr. Fasciana was born on July 2, 1925, in Brooklyn, where he grew up as the first son of Angelo and Valeria Fasciana to be born in the United States.
One of “America’s Greatest Generation,” Mr. Fasciana attended Brooklyn Tech High School, where he was a standout student and tight end on the football team. He was headed to Penn State when his country called on him to serve in World War II. He served in the 3rd Infantry Division in Europe, joining his unit in Italy in March of 1944. He fought in three campaigns, the Rome-Arno, Southern France and Rhineland. He was awarded a Purple Heart after being wounded in combat in September 1944. He was a patriot; he loved and lived the opportunity that our country affords each of us, survivors said.
After his honorable discharge from the Army, he attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, where he earned both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in civil engineering. He was a registered professional engineer in the State of New York. After briefly teaching at Brooklyn Polytechnic, Mr. Fasciana began a successful career working for a number of the nation’s leading engineering, construction and project management firms. He retired as vice president of construction for Consolidated Edison Company. He always respected hard work and had a special place in his heart for the craftsmen who build and maintain the power plants, manufacturing and public infrastructure we rely on and the homes we live in, survivors said.
Mr. Fasciana met Margaret while he was working at Brooklyn Polytechnic. They married in January 1951; they were married 57 years before she died. They raised their family in Flushing, where they were longtime members of Saint Andrew Avellino Catholic Church.
In Westhampton Beach, he was a longtime member of the Westhampton Country Club, where he enjoyed working at one of his retirement challenges—golf. He forged friendships with many of the members there and throughout the Westhampton Beach community. He was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
He is survived by three children, Barbara Schrubbe and husband Gregory, Robert and wife Nancy, and Elizabeth; grandchildren, Jonathan and wife Hope, Bryan and wife Lucilla, Megan and Nicole; and great-grandchildren, Cayden, Cayla and James.
Visitation was at Follett and Werner Funeral Home in Westhampton Beach on Wednesday, August 19. A funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, August 20, at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Westhampton Beach; interment will follow at Westhampton Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to East End Hospice, www.eeh.org.
on Aug 17, 2015