Kenneth Parise
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Kenneth James Parise passed away on May 2 while surrounded by his loving family. He was 79 years old.
Except for his military service abroad, Ken lived his entire life in Westchester County. He was born and raised in Pleasantville, where he lived until he married his wife, Maureen. Together they moved to Millwood in 1983.
The second youngest of four brothers, Ken graduated from Pleasantville High School in 1962. Immediately following high school, Ken joined the United States Air Force. He did his basic training in Texas and served in both Japan and Germany.
Ken then worked at IBM for more than 25 years, where he was known by some as “Mr. F & F,” for furniture and fixtures. After leaving his role at IBM as a facilities manager, Ken worked at Home Depot for 13 years until he retired in 2010.
Ken is the proud father of Kenneth Michael Parise and Julie Marie Millet. He faithfully cheered for the Yankees and Giants his entire life, and later adopted the Providence College Friars as his college basketball team when his daughter attended school there. In his retirement, Ken enjoyed weekly lunch dates with his son and a scotch on the rocks every now and then, too.
Two of his proudest moments happened in 2019. First, in September, when his daughter married her husband, Joseph Paul Millet, and then in December when Ken and Maureen purchased their dream vacation home in Bethany Beach, Del.
Ken is survived by his wife, Maureen; son Kenny; daughter Julie; son-in-law Joseph; and many nieces and nephews, cousins, second cousins and friends who he considered family.
Visitation was on May 5 at Beecher Flooks Funeral Home in Pleasantville. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on May 6 at Holy Innocents Church.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to the Lustgarten Foundation in support of pancreatic cancer research.
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