Vito F. Pennacchio 11/29/2019

Weymouth- Vito  F. Pennaccchio, age 91, entered into eternal life on November 29,2019     He  grew up in Boston and then in Norwood  where he attended public schools, graduating  in 1945 and has lived in Weymouth for 60 years. Vito served   in the U.S.  Army in Japan during the Korean War.  He graduated from Northeastern University in 1950 with a degree in Civil Engineering. Mr. Pennacchio  worked for many years with the consulting firm Coffin and  Richardson where he became president before entering into private practice in 1989.  He was a registered civil engineer  and land surveyor in Massachusetts and several other states. He  belonged to   the American Society of Civil Engineers and was a fellow of the American Consulting Engineers Council. He liked to give horsy rides to all  his children and grandchildren. Vito was  a son of immigrant parents from Naples, Italy,  the  late Francesca and Francesco Pennacchio. He loved his wife  and children dearly, the late Nancy M. (Mantia), his daughters, Anne Marie Paul  and her husband John of Weymouth, Janet Rourke and her husband Steven of Weymouth, and his son Joseph Pennacchio of Weymouth . Loving papa to his granddaughters, Katelynn and  Colleen.      Beloved brother of Rocco of Canton, the late Mary Murphy, and  Antoinette Evans.  Funeral service at the Clancy-Lucid Funeral Home, 100 Washington St. Weymouth on  Wednesday December 4  at 10 am. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Visiting hours on Tuesday from 5 until 8 Burial in Mount Wollaston Cemetery in Quincy.