John Richard Brancato, 66, gained a body free of pain Dec. 8, 2022 at Willow Creek Nursing and Rehabilitation in Goldsboro, N.C., when his battle with cancer ended. He was born to the late Salvator and Mary Brancato, Jan. 10, 1956, in Hempstead, N.Y.

John Richard Brancato

John is survived by his children, son, Anthony Brancato and wife, Danielle; and daughter Shelley Weeks; grandchildren, Kirsten Martinson, Sam LeVan, and Cynthia LeVan; great-grandchildren, Adrian Martinson and Luca Dodson; ex-wife Louann Brancato; sister Elizabeth Moss and husband, Jody; brother Jim Brancato; four nephews, one niece and other friends and relatives.

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