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Earnest (Gene) Colasacco

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Earnest (Gene) Colasacco, 75, died on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, in Fayetteville, Arkansas. A private graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2016, with Father Ken Harder officiating. Strode Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Gene was born on Jan. 19, 1940, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Genio and Mildred Colasacco. On Oct. 15, 1998, he married Kathy Ptak, in Springdale, Arkansas. Gene was a graduate of Stillwater High School and attended Oklahoma State University. He was a retired entrepreneur, a member of the Elks Lodge, a past board member and president of the Springdale Country Club. He was instrumental in the design and construction of the new club house. Gene is survived by his spouse, Kathy Colasacco; sons Keith Colasacco and Mark Colasacco; daughter Kim Sheets and step-son Michael Ptak; father-in-law, Troy Repass; 10 grandchildren: Christina, Diana, Katherine, Tony, Stephanie, Tiffany, Amanda, Cameron, Cassie and Shinn; 17 great-grandchildren and one sister, Rita Taylor. Memorial contributions can be made in his name to Washington Regional Friends of Hospice, by mail to: Washington Regional Foundation, P.O. Box 356, Fayetteville, Ark. 72702 or on-line at wregionalhospice.com.

Published January 6, 2016

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