Biagio J. Pagani

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Biagio John Pagani (Badge), age 90, of Beaver, was born to immigrant parents Gerolomo James and Margaret Gaz Pagani on October 22, 1934, in Fallston.  He was married to Alice Mary Smelko for sixty years.  Badge was a member of Our Lady of the Valley Parish and attended the Saints Peter and Paul worship site, where he served as an usher.

Badge graduated from New Brighton High School and Geneva College.  He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving as a petroleum laboratory specialist in Okinawa, Japan.  He was employed at Freedom Oil/Ashland for forty-three years as a chemist.  For many years, Badge was on the Board of Directors at Freedom United Credit Union and was Treasurer of the Beaver Valley Chapter of Credit Unions.

Survivors include his wife Alice Mary (Smelko) and daughters Joy Ann (Jeffery) Wintersgill, Lynn Marie (Michael) Akins, granddaughters Allison Grace and Elizabeth Claire Wintersgill, brother Eugene Pagani, and in-laws Barbara Pagani and Leonard Penczak, along with many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Badge was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Zita, sister and brother-in-law Irma and John Smakosz, brother Livio Pagani, and a nephew John Smakosz Jr.  He was also preceded by his wife’s family, Michael and Anna Smelko, Margaret and John Reedich, Eleanor Smelko, Elizabeth Smelko, Mary Ann and Francis Stablow, John and Mary Ellen Smelko, Theresa Bernadette Penczak, and nephew John Reedich Jr.

Badge was a lifelong lover of model trains.  For many years, he was a volunteer for the train display at the Festival of Trees.  He also loved dancing, and along with his wife, was a member of the New Brighton Croatian Kolo Ensemble.  Badge enjoyed traveling, especially visiting his family in Italy.  Christmas was his favorite holiday.  He loved decorating the house and hosting his family’s Christmas Eve celebration.  In the summertime, his favorite season, you could find Badge soaking up the sun with his “pool buddies” at the Beaver Pool or in his backyard.  Most of all, Badge enjoyed spending time with his family.

Friends and family will be received at J & J Spratt in New Brighton on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, from 2-4 PM and 6-8 PM.  A Mass of Christian burial will be held at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Beaver at 10 AM on Thursday.  Badge will be laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Freedom.  Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Vincent De Paul Society at Our Lady of the Valley Parish, 300 Third Street, Beaver, PA 15009 or to a charity of personal choice.

Beaver County Special Unit will provide military honors for Biagio Thursday at 11:15 a.m. in Calvary Cemetery, Freedom.