Primo Lino Puccinelli

Born April 13th, 1921 Lucca, Italy

Died August 29th, 2006  Southern California.

Newspaper Obituary:

PUCCINELLI-Primo Lino Puccinelli, singer, choir director, teacher and pillar of Catholic liturgical music in Pasadena for fifty years, departed this life on Tuesday, August 29 at 85 years of age. His life is celebrated in gratitude and his memory is honored by Marlene, his wife and partner of over 44 years; by his children, daughter Elvia and husband Dave Begnoche, and son Paul and wife Jenny, and their daughter, Daphne; by brother George, sister Emily Trafton and family, the family of deceased brother Frank, along with cousins in Sacramento and Italy. He is held in memory by countless friends, former students, choir members and parishioners whose lives he touched through his singing and his generous personality.