Dominick Sgambati

Asheville - Dominick Stefano Sgambati, died Sunday, February 4, at 2:02 PM. He was 84 years old. Dom or Luke to his family and friends was a native of Brooklyn, New York. He trained as a printer at the New York School of Printing and, in 1948 he apprenticed as a pressman with Strawberry Hill Press. He moved with the company to Asheville in 1964 as Supervisor of Finishing, a position he held until retirement in 1993. Dominick was a veteran of World War II. From 1942 to 1945 he served as a signalman with Patton?s 3rd Army. In the later days of the war he was seconded to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) where he served with distinction. He was honorably discharged in 1946. Dominick is survived by Catherine, his wife of 58 years. Together they had two girls, Maria Sgambati Gawerecki, since deceased, and Sylvia Sgambati Jones. The couple also has three grandchildren by Maria: Marisa, Katie and Amanda and three by Sylvia: Meghan, Caitlin and Alexandra. Amanda Gawerecki is the mother of Kendall, the great grandchild. Dominick was a member of the Basilica of Saint Lawrence, D.M. in Asheville, where a funeral mass will be held for him on Tuesday, February 20, at 2:00 PM. The family asks that donations be made to Care Partners Hospice and Palliative Care, P.O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 in lieu of flowers.