Bernardino "Benny" Mancini

He was the beloved husband of Juanita M. (Protano) Mancini; son of the late Armando and Marianna (DiMarzio) Mancini; loving father of Linda A. Mancini, Donna M. Mancini and the late Steven B. Mancini; father-in-law of Caroline Mancini; cherished grandfather of Tara, Traci, Kimberly, Robbie and his fiancée Fulya, Tori, Carissa, Kelsey and her husband Josh, and Derek; great-grandfather of Giovanni “Dino”, Joey, Layla and soon-to-be Isabella; brother of John Mancini and the late Anthony, Armando, Ronald, Richard and David Mancini, Caroline Spinola and Aldeline Milazzo.

Benny’s first love was spending time with his family and friends. When he wasn’t doing that, he enjoyed caring for his many properties, watching football, spending his summers at his beach house with all his grandchildren, being the captain of his boat, watching the 5’oclock news with his wife, reading the paper and cracking one of his famous one-liners. Benny loved taking his family out to eat and his favorite day of the week was Sunday - a day when his family would come together for his wife’s famous meatballs. Benny loved becoming a great-grandfather and far surpassed that role just as he did all others.

Visitation Monday 4-7 p.m. with his funeral on Tuesday at 10 a.m. from PONTARELLI-MARINO Home, 971 Branch Avenue, Providence. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in the Church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1081 Mineral Spring Avenue, North Providence. Burial will follow in St. Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, www.stjude.org/donate