Richard F. “Rick” Pinto
...President of FRP Associates; President of N.E. Saltwater Fly Rodders; 56
WESTFORD - Richard F. “Rick” Pinto, age 56, a well known sportsman and company president,died Friday, April 25, at the Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Burlington after a one month battlewith cancer. He was the husband of Susan R. (Gath) Pinto, with whom he had celebrated a 13thwedding anniversary this past Sept. 8th.
He was born in Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 28, 1946, a son of Frank Pinto of Trumbull, CT, and the lateEileen (Nolan) Pinto. He was raised in Trumbull, and had lived in Westford for the past 7 years.
During the Vietnam War, from 1968 until 1972, he served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.
He was a graduate of the University of Mass, Amherst, and received a MBA from NortheasternUniversity.
He served as president of FRP Associates for more than 20 years.
He was an avid fly fisherman, and was currently serving as President of the New EnglandSaltwater Fly Rodders Association.
Besides his wife and father, he is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Gina and herhusband Stephen Murthey of Illinois, and Lisa Pazzanese of Haverhill, three brothers and theirspouses, Robert and Debbie Pinto of Middlebury, VT, Steven and Terri Pinto of Shelton, CT, andJames Pinto of Trumbull, CT, two sisters, Patricia and her husband Chuck Pond of Norwalk, CT,Nancy Pinto of Boca Raton, FL, his father-in-law and his wife, Frederick C. and Louise (Marion)Gath of Deering, NH, and several nieces and a nephew.
He was also son-in-law of the late Louise (Shaw) Gath.
His funeral was held Tuesday, April 29, in the funeral home
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that youplease make donations in memory of Richard Pinto to: Brain Tumor Society, 124 Watertown St,Suite 3H, Watertown, MA 02472.