Emidio Joseph Pasqualucci
formerly of Vestaburg and Brownsville
Emidio Joseph “Mead” Pasqualucci, 87, of Waldorf, Md., passed away Thursday, September 23, 2021. Mead was born April 11, 1934, in Vestaburg, to the late Emilio and Lucia Maccarone Pasqualucci.
Mead grew up in Brownsville. He attended Brownsville High School and the University of Pittsburgh. He honed his bartending skills at his parents’ bar in Brownsville. He then went on to join the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division. In addition to jumping out of planes, he was a bartender for the Officers’ Club. He was stationed at Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Jackson, S.C.; and Fort Meade, Md.
In 1964, Mead moved to the Washington, DC area. He worked briefly for his uncle at Mac’s Sunnybrook in Fort Washington. He was the head bartender at the Prince George Motor Hotel in Hillcrest Heights from 1964-1977. He was the owner of Mead’s Liquors in Waldorf and Star Liquors in Bryans Road. He was employed as a mail carrier for the Waldorf Post Office, from which he retired in 1996.
He was predeceased by his wife, Katherine Curto Pasqualucci, whom he married July 17, 1965.
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Lenore and Tony Colaciello; and grandchildren, Maria Mrozowski and Michael Colaciello. Also surviving is his sister, Vincenza Congelio of Grindstone.
The family received friends Tuesday, September 28, in Brinsfield Funeral Home & Crematory, P.A. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, September 29, in St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Waldorf. interment immediately followed.
Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com.
Arrangements by the BRINSFIELD FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, P.A. Charlotte Hall, Md.