Frank Pregano

Frank Pregano, was called to his heavenly home on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at the age of 89. After several years of suffering with Parkinson’s Disease, Frank passed peacefully with his beloved wife Evelyn by his side. Frank was born in Pitcairn, PA on May 18, 1933 to father Giuseppe Pregano and mother Rosina Colletti, Italian immigrants. Recruited into the National Guard at the age of 15, Frank served with the United States Army during the Korean War. Upon his return, Frank continued his education at the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics. With a love and passion for aviation, Frank dedicated 56 years of his life to United Airlines as a lead mechanic. In 2008, Frank was awarded the prestigious Charles Taylor Award by the Federal Aviation Administration at the National Air & Space Museum in Chantilly, VA. Frank’s name is honorably displayed alongside other Master Mechanics in the Chicago O’Hare Airport. Frank lived a life of service – to his family, to his friends, and to missionaries around the world spreading the word of Jesus Christ. After retirement, Frank served as a volunteer with the National Air & Space Museum and served as an Airport Chaplain at Washington Dulles International Airport. Frank embodied each of his passions to the fullest. He had a passion for traveling the world with his family, he gardened to sell vegetables and can his families food, he owned a pet store with exotic animals, he raised bees for his own honey, started a legacy of homing pigeons that have relocated from Cleveland to Pennsylvania to Virgina, he raised and distributed guppies and angel fish, he owned and rode motorcycles into his late 70s, and regularly boated with his friends and family on Lake Erie and the Potomac River. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, his sisters Marianna Pregano, Phyllis Rancatore, Angeline Alfieri, Rosina Primo, and Virginia Pregano, his son Ronald Lee Pregano, and his granddaughters Michelle and Danielle Pregano. He is survived by his wife Evelyn Pregano, his sister Josephine Lang, his children Sheila Schneider, Angela Knight, Giuseppe Pregano, Rosina Bergmann, Evelyn Franklin, Francesca Pregano, Lora Crowe and Kimberly Hass, 18 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. A service will be held for Frank on Sunday, December 4, 2022 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 6750 Fayette Street, Haymarket, VA 20169 followed by a reception at Piedmont Club, 14675 Piedmont Vista Drive, Haymarket, VA 20169. Family and friends will be able to pay their respects during the viewing beginning at 12:30 pm. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Frank Pregano, please visit our sympathy store.

Frank Pregano

May 18, 1933 - November 30, 2022