| Funeral for Dominick
This is the email that his wife, Lucile sent to friends and family Thursday:
Dominick passed away this morning, Feb. 9 after a long battle with heart disease. At age of 90 he managed to play two services at the Baptist Church on Christmas eve. He went into congestive heart failure on Christmas day. He put up quite a struggle to stay active til the very end. Viewing will be at 5 to 9 on Friday and funeral services will be at 3 on Saturday at Cashner's Funeral Home, 801 Teas Rd., Conroe, TX. Lucile and the family
Dominick taught one of my teachers, Charlie Lewis when Dominick was trumpet professor at Peabody. When Dominick retired from Miami, he moved to the Woodlands and we played together in the WSO. He would give me tips on style and mention, in a most humbly way, the conductors and composers that he had performed under that would have demanded such interpotation. We went to resturants and concerts together along with "hanging out" back at his house listening to his treasured collection of recordings and stories of his experiences.
Dominick was my mentor and friend for the past 12 years and we lived just a few minutes from each other. My wife and I went flying out the door to be with Luby when we recieved the news of his passing. We are leaving for the service in a few minutes and Lucile has requested that Amazing Grace and Ave Maria be played for him. Hope I can make it without my knees giving out on me.
The trumpet world - no the entire world - has lost a giant of a man.
Darryl Bayer, in memory of Dominick DeGangi |