OBITUARY JOSEPH M. SATALINO FEBRUARY 10, 1944. — APRIL 27, 2023 JOSEPH SATALINO, 79 OF MESA AZ, FORMERLY FROM NEW NEW BRITAIN, CONN. PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 27, 2023, AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. HE WAS BORN IN ASTORIA, QUEENS, NEW YORK, WHERE HE ATTENDED THE AVIATION HIGH SCHOOL. THE FAMILY MOVED TO NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT AND HE GRADUATED FROM NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE MET HIS FUTURE WIFE, BARBARA SUFIN. HE SERVED IN THE MILITARY, AND THE ARMY, AND DID HIS MILITARY DUTIES IN GERMANY. HE LATER STARTED HIS CAREER WITH NEW ENGLAND AIRCRAFT/HOWMET CORPORATION, IN FARMINGTON, CONNECTICUT. HE MARRIED BARBARA SUFIN IN 1965. IN 1988 HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE GOODRICH AEROSPACE CORPORATION IN PHOENIX, AZ WHERE HE WAS DIRECTOR OF QUALITY FOR THE AVIATION SLIDES SYSTEM. HIS JOB REQUIRED A BUSY TRAVEL SCHEDULE TO MANY, MANY PLACES WHERE THE GOODRICH CORPORATION HAD EVACUATION SLIDES AND OTHER FACILITIES. HE ESTABLISHED MANY INNOVATIVE QUALITY COMPLIANCE SYSTEMS AT GOODRICH RESULTING IN VASTLY IMPROVED CUSTOMER MANUFACTURING SITES AND FAA REPAIR STATIONS AS FAR AS BANGALORE, INDIA IN 1995, WHICH HAS GROWN TO MULTIPLE PRODUCT LINES, WITH FOUR SITES AND SEVERAL THOUSAND EMPLOYEES SUPPORTING THE COLLINS AEROSPACE COMPANY TODAY. HE RETIRED FROM THE GOODRICH CORPORATION AND BECAME A CONSULTANT TO THE NATIONAL AVIATION CORPORATION, IN TEMPE AZ AS QUALITY DIRECTOR WHERE HE IMPLEMENTED NUMEROUS IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NATIONAL’S QUALITY SYSTEMS. JOSEPH SATALINO’S KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO QUALITY COMPLIANCE WILL BE A LOSS TO THE AEROSPACE AND AVIATION INDUSTRY. HE WAS AN AVID SPORTS FAN, OF THE NEW YORK GIANTS, AND ENJOYED BASKETBALL AND MANY OTHER SPORTS. HE ENJOYED PLAYING THE GUITAR FOR MANY YEARS WHILE SINGING HIS FAVORITE SONGS. HE EVEN PLAYED AND SANG ON STAGE IN KRAKOW, POLAND WITH HIS FAVORITE FRIEND, JACEK SERCYK, A WELL-KNOWN POLISH CLASSICAL GUITARIST. HIS FAVORITE HOBBY WAS STAMP COLLECTING, AND HE COLLECTED AND ACCUMULATED MANY HUNDREDS OF STAMPS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE WAS A PLEASANT PERSON AND CARING HUSBAND, BROTHER, AND UNCLE TO THE WHOLE FAMILY, AND WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HIS HUMOR AND FUNNY JOKES. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, BARBARA SUFIN SATALINO, FROM MESA, AZ, BROTHER STEPHEN SATALINO, FROM FLORIDA, AND SISTER JEAN SATALINO HEYER, FROM WEST HARTFORD, CONN. AND MANY NEPHEWS AND NIECES.