Mr. Henry H. Bontempi

Mr. Henry H. Bontempi, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. Funeral Services for Mr. Bontempi will be held at 11:00 AM on Thursday, September 12, 2024, at the Powder Springs Chapel of Mayes Ward Dobbins. The interment will be held after the service at 2:30 pm at The Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, GA. Visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM prior to the service on Thursday, September 12, 2024. Mr. Bontempi served his country and was honorably discharged as a uniformed member of the United States Coast Guard. He continued his career as a Configuration Engineer with Grumman Aerospace in New York having the opportunity to work on military aircraft, the Lunar Module, and ultimately the Space Shuttle orbiter. As an active volunteer in the community, Mr. Bontempi was a member and eventually President of the South Country School District Board of Education for over 15 years. For almost 30 years, Mr. Bontempi served as the supervisor of the Altar Servers for Saint Joseph, The Worker Roman Catholic Church in East Patchogue, New York. Following retirement to Georgia, Mr. Bontempi volunteered his time at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Georgia for nearly 10 years. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Bontempi was a die-hard Brooklyn Dodgers fan until they left his home-town for the west coast. Unable to continue his loyalty to a Los Angeles team, in 1962 he declared his allegiance to the NY Mets and remained a steadfast Mets fan for the rest of his life. Mr. Bontempi’s hobbies included gardening and playing solitaire but one of his greatest joys was in designing and constructing complex Christmas villages at home and for his friends and family at Sterling Estates of West Cobb in Marietta, GA. Mr. Bontempi is survived by his wife, Mrs. Barbara Peterson Bontempi, his children, Laurajean Costa (Eugene), Steven Bontempi (Vanessa), and James Bontempi (Stacy), and his grandchildren, Craig Bontempi, Kristina Costa, Gerard Costa, Mia Bontempi, Hayden Bontempi, Sabrina Bontempi, and Wyatt Bontempi. Many other friends and family also survive. Mr. Bontempi is preceded in death by his parents, Mr. Carmelo Bontempi and Mrs. Eloise Matiola Bontempi.

Mr. Henry H. Bontempi

December 3, 1937 - September 4, 2024