Samuel Adam Passarella
Samuel Adam Passarella
Samuel Adam Passarella, 74, was born July 6, 1948 and passed away in Lexington, SC on Wednesday, January 18, 2023.
Sam loved to work. He loved a challenge and absorbed himself in his work, which is evident in his work history. After graduation from Christian Brothers College, Memphis, TN in May 1971, Sam had a career as a civil engineer from 1971 until 2018. He worked all over the USA, as well as Saudia Arabia. Projects included the following companies: Blount Construction, Shaw Group,
OPUS South, Beck Group and CBI; and the following projects:
-Hillsborough County Detention Facility; Montgomery, Alabama
-Bexar County Detention Facility; San Antonio, Texas
-King Saud University Project; Riyadh, Saudia Arabia
-US Army Coal Boiler Steam Plant; Saint Louis, Missouri
-Nuclear Plant; Waynesboro, Georgia
-King Bay Naval Base; King Bay, Georgia
-Navy Solar Project(16) in various Florida Naval Bases
-Riverview High School; Riverview, Florida
-New Teague Middle School; Altamonte Springs, Florida
-Sarasota High School; Sarasota, Florida
-Disney Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida
-US Court of Appeal (100 year old structure); San Francisco, California
-Wastewater Treatment Plant; Knoxville, TN
-Class A office for UPS; Alpharetta, Georgia
-Water Treatment Facility; Los Angeles, California
-Naval Intelligence Center; Suitland, Maryland
-US Postal Facility; Allentown, Pennsylvania
He was the son of the late Louise Riddle Passarella Brown and Ralph Passarella. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brothers: Tommy, Tony, Danny and Nicky.
Mr. Passarella is survived by his daughters: McKenzi Nicole Barnes (Rob) of Tbilisi, Georgia and Alix Alissa Passarella of San Diego, CA; son, Brock Adam Passarella (Heather Virginia Wilhem) of San Diego, CA; significant other, Linda Boan of Lexington, SC; grandchildren, Bennett, Spencer and August of Tbilisi, Georgia; sisters, Desda Passarella Hutchins (Jim) of Leoma, TN and Tanya Passarella Sandy (John) of Collierville, TN, sisters-in-law, Jennie Waters Passarella (Greenhill, AL), Mary Beth Fredebeil Passarella (Florence, AL), Anita Hemby Passarella (Franklin, TN), and Connie Henkel Passarella (Loretto, TN); aunt, Virginia Blanche Riddle Etienne of Loretto, TN and uncle, Mike Cestaro of Wading River, NY and many nieces and nephews.
Services for Samuel Adam Passarella will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Wounded Warrior Project, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, or Loretto Lift-Up. He leaves behind an amazing legacy of work and was an amazing dad and grandfather to his three children and three grandsons!
