PALM BAY

BORN NOVEMBER 11, 1929 IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. PASSED JULY 18, 2012 IN PALM BAY, FLORIDA. BENNY WILLIAM PINTO, 82, WAS THE SON OF THE LATE MANUEL PINTO AND THE FORMER CONCETTA CIRCEO. A DEVOTED AND LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER OF SIX AND GRANDFATHER OF SIXTEEN, BENNY SERVED OUR COUNTRY FOR SIX YEARS AS A MEMBER OF BOTH THE U.S. ARMY AND AIR FORCE DURING AND FOLLOWING THE KOREAN WAR IN THE LATE '40'S AND EARLY '50'S. BENNY WAS A TALENTED TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATOR BY TRADE, WHO CONTRIBUTED TO PART DESIGNS FOR NUMEROUS APOLLO SPACE LAUNCHES. HE WAS A VERY GIFTED ARTIST WHO THOROUGHLY ENJOYED OIL PAINTING, SCULPTING AND DRAWING. BENNY WAS AN OUTSTANDING GOLFER WHOSE OTHER PASSIONS INCLUDED FISHING, CRABBING, SHRIMPING, SWIMMING AND EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE OCEAN. A FUN LOVING, GENEROUS MAN BENNY WAS A THOUGHTFUL, DEDICATED PROVIDER FOR HIS FAMILY. HE ENJOYED INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND WAS A CHARISMATIC FRIEND TO ALL. BENNY IS SURVIVED BY WIFE SUMOL (SUE), CHILDREN JAY, MATTHEW, JONELLE, JINNAH, MAM (MAY), AND TING, AND GRANDCHILDREN MICHAEL, HOLLY, DIMITRI, JOEY, TAMARA, DARYL, NASH, GABRIELA, JOSHUA, JACOB, JONATHAN, FINLEY, MATHILDE, PLOI, MIA AND MIKAYLA. THE FAMILY WILL HOLD A MEMORIAL CELEBRATING HIS LIFE AT A LATER DATE.