Pasquale Coppola

Pasquale A. Coppola was born in Derby on March 8, 1942, son of the late Angelo and Assunta “Susie” Cannizzaro Coppola. Pat was married to Linda Marasco Coppola. He was a 1959 graduate of Notre Dame H.S. in West Haven. He attended Northeastern University, majoring in pharmacy and in 1964, was a member of its first graduating pharmacy class. Pat owned his own pharmacies (Lee Pharmacy in Derby during his Rotary period) and worked in the Valley area for over 40 years. 

He was a member of the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club, where he served as president from 1984 to 1985 and a member of the Elks Club in Naugatuck and in Derby, serving as Exalted Ruler in 1989. He passed away September 30, 2016 while under the care of Vitas Hospice at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury at the age of 74.