Richard Thomas Mangione

Richard Mangione passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 29, 2024 in St Petersburg,
FL. Rick was born on October 2 nd , 1937, in Philadelphia, PA to Maria and Angelo Mangione,
both Italian immigrants. He lived the first 17 years of his life in South Philadelphia before leaving
school and joining the Navy, where he trained as an aircraft navigator at VP-23 Squadron
Brunswick Naval Air Station Brunswick, ME. While stationed here he meet the love of his life,
Particia A Robinson and they were married on April 19 th , 1958. The couple lived in Bath and
Portland, before Rick took a job as a salesman for Dell Publishing Company that moved them to
RI, New York State, and Massachusetts. He always had a love of flying and eventually worked
to receive his private pilot’s license. It was in Massachusetts that he joined the Civil Air Patrol
based out of Hanscom Field Lexington, MA. Over the years he rose to the rank of Lt Colonel
and received many unit awards and citations including a 9/11 medal for flying medical supplies
into New York City while commercial aviation was grounded. He leaves behind his loving wife
Patricia, daughters Veronica Mangione and Stephane Caron, 3 grandchildren Alexander
Mangione-Smith, Jessica Mangione-Smith, and Joseph Caron, and numerous nieces, nephews
and cousins in Pennsylvania, Texas, New Jersey and Maine. Funeral services will be held at
Desmond’s Funeral Home in Bath, ME on Wednesday, October 9 th at 11AM. In lieu of flowers
please donations can be made in Rick’s name to Civil Air Patrol:
https://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/?form=25AnnualCampaign or to the local Hanscom Squadron
for their cadet programs. Checks or money orders can be made out to “Civil Air Patrol - MA043"
and mailed to the finance officer at:
Hanscom Composite Squadron
PO Box 954
Epping, NH 03042-0954

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