Nicholas R Pitaro

Nicholas Pitaro, age 76, of Cohasset, died on Monday, December 26, 2016 after a long battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife of twenty years, Deborah (O’Shea), and was married for over thirty years to Joan (Furlong) who died in 1992. They had five children, four sons, Michael Pitaro, Steven Pitaro, Nicholas Pitaro, Jr., and Joseph Pitaro, and a daughter, Donna Cady, and six grandchildren, four grandsons, Michael Pitaro, Jr., Matthew Pitaro, Brian Cady, Patrick Cady and Jack Hughes, and a granddaughter, Desiree Pitaro. They had two great grandchildren who are deceased. He was the oldest of eight children. Two of his brothers are deceased and he is survived by two brothers and three sisters, and many nieces and nephews.

He served as an artillery officer in the United States Marine Corps, including two tours in Viet Nam. He participated in Operation Starlite on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai in 1965. In 1969, he commanded an artillery battery at Liberty Bridge on the Son Thu Bon River, south of Danang.

His specialty as a lawyer was high tech contracts, and he was a recognized expert in the field of Government Contract Law.

He was a communicant of Saint Anthony Church in Cohasset and attended Glastonbury Abbey in Hingham. He was a Eucharistic Minister and a Lay Oblate at Glastonbury and a member of the men’s Grail group, which met weekly to explore issues of male spirituality.

A Funeral Mass will be held in Saint Anthony Church, 10 Summer St., Cohasset, MA. 02025 on Tuesday, January 3, 2016 at 10 am. Interment Private.  In lieu of flowers, donations to honor Nick may be made to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute or to the Glastonbury Abbey. 

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