On August 7, 2009 John Joseph Contarino, devoted husband of Roxanne Contarino (nee Fangikis); beloved father of Toni M. Contarino and her partner Belinda Cline, Kenneth J. Contarino and Nicole Kassolis; loving brother of Rose Marie Barton and her husband Donald and the late Salvatore Contarino; brother-in-law of Emelia Contarino, Annabelle Setren and her husband Jay and Debra Fangikis; uncle of Donald Barton, Jr., Laura Griffiths and her husband Rob, Stacey Bolt; and also survived by many loving great nieces and nephews.

A Memorial Service will be held at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (Beltway Exit 26A) on Monday at 7:30 P.M. Friends may call on Monday 2-4 and 7-9 P.M. Interment Private. Family suggest contributions be made to Pancreatic Cancer Research Center Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
401 North Broadway, Weinberg 2242
Baltimore, MD 21231.