Butch Baldassari arrangements
Funeral services for Butch Baldassari will be held this Saturday (1/17) at St. Francis of Assissi church in Scranton, PA. The family will greet visitors at 10:00 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass at 11:00.
According to the obituary published in the Scranton Times-Tribune, the family has requested that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the church: 634 Genet St., Scranton, PA 18505.
In addition, a college fund has been established for Butch and Sinclair’s son, Blake. Tax-deductible contributions may be sent to:
attn: Jason Pharris
2525 West End Avenue
Suite 1220
Nashville, TN 37203
Mandolin Cafe has a good roundup of news about Butch, including the note sent by Sinclair Baldassari earlier this week to all Butch’s friends in the mandolin world.
If you would like to see all the various tributes his fellow mandolinists and musical friends have left here on The Bluegrass Blog, just click on the Butch Baldassari tag below the title of this post.
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I must say that this news about Butch’s passing is very sad. I had the chance to play with him many times and he was a great guy. I hate this particular news release, it makes my stomach churn.
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