Daniel John Gacetta Sr
November 4, 1919 ~ October 18, 2012
CAPE ELIZABETH - Daniel John Gacetta Sr., 92, died Thursday October 18, 2012 at the Maine Veterans Home, Scarborough. He was born November 4, 1919 in Rumford, a son of Dominico and Clorinda (Ciccarelli) Gaccetta. Daniel was a graduate of Stevens High School in Rumford and Boston University. He served in the Navy during WWII in the South Pacific Theater of operation. Daniel attended Columbia University's Mid Shipman School. He enjoyed a prosperous career as a sales manager including 25 years as Northeast Manager for the Nestle Company. Outside of his sales career he was President of the Maine Sports Hall of Fame for many years, and the State of Maine Delegate to the US Olympic Committee. Daniel was a member and former President of the Purpoodock Club, member of the Portland Country Club, and a founding member of the South Portland Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club. He was a communicant of Holy Cross Church of South Portland and St. Bartholomew's Church of Cape Elizabeth. He was predeceased by his first wife Mary Ann (Donahue) Gacetta in 1954, and his second wife Priscella (Walker) Gacetta in 1968; sisters Rose (Gacetta) Sinclair and Anne (Gacetta) Horne; and brothers Albert, Nicolas, Frank, Joseph, Samuel, and Dominic Gacetta. Daniel is survived by his daughters Celeste Marie (Gacetta) Robinson of Azusa, CA, and Cheryl Marion Gacetta and her husband Russell Robert Plain of San Raphael, CA; son Daniel John Gacetta Jr. and his wife Cynthia Kontulis of Fairfield, CT; sister Josephine Gacetta of South Portland; and grandchildren Gareth Daniel and Eloise Brooks Gacetta of Fairfield, CT. Visiting hours will be held Sunday October 21, from 2:00 - 4:00p.m. at Conroy-Tully Crawford Funeral Home, 172 State Street, Portland. Prayers will be recited Monday October 22, at 9:15a.m. at the funeral home followed by a 10:00a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Bartholomew's Church, 8 Two Lights Road, Cape Elizabeth. Burial will follow at Riverside Cemetery, Cape Elizabeth.Online condolences may be expressed below.
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To the family and friends of Dan Gacetta, the members of the Maine Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association wish to express our sincere sympathy for your loss. Dan was a loyal contributor to the MIAAA and for many, many years was an attendee at our spring conference in order to present the Maine Hall of Fame Award to a retired member of the MIAAA. God bless you Dan.
– Martin Ryan, MIAAA Executive Director
My parents , Peter and Mary Rogers, and siblings send our condolences on the loss of your father, we enjoyed knowing him over the years and always enjoyed his visits to our home.
– Kerrin Rogers Dorne
Dan and family — sincere regrets and sympathy at the loss of your father — I just learned of his passing late this morning — my good fortune in coming to Maine as GM of Cumberland County Civic Center from its opening year of 1977 through much of 1983 allowed me the pleasure of meeting many good people and making some very special friends — none was more of a friend than Dan, and likely that’s why we visited and kept in touch over so many years after we eventually returned to Boston — I clearly recall how proud he was of you — my prayers are with you — Jack Nicholson and Family, Auburn Mass
– Jack Nicholson