Inez C. (Soma) Pasquariello

Inez Carol (Soma) Pasquariello, 97, of Belmond, passed away on Friday, April 12, 2019, at Rehabilitation Center of Belmond.

Funeral services for Inez Pasquariello will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, April 19, 2019 at Ewing Funeral Home, 111 Luick’s Lane South in Belmond, with Pastor Don Morrison officiating. Burial will take place at Belmond Cemetery.

Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home on Friday.

Inez was born on January 31, 1922 on a farm west of Belmond to Jovial and Edith (Lundy) Soma.  She was baptized at St. Olaf and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran.  She attended rural school for the first few years and then moved to town and finished her education, graduating in 1941.

In 1942, she went to Dayton, Ohio to work in a defense plant. She met Nick Pasquariello who was stationed at Wright Field Air Force Base there.  On March 4, 1944 they were united in marriage in Dayton, Ohio.  To this union, two sons were born, James in 1946 and Robert in 1955.

After Nick’s discharge in February of 1946 from March Field in California, they moved to Bloomfield, Connecticut and lived there until moving to Belmond in 1960.

Inez worked for the Belmond school system for 16 ½ years.  In October of 1981 they moved into the Belmond Retirement apartments, where they enjoyed interacting and activities with the other residents.

Inez was a member of the Pearl Circle at Trinity.  She enjoyed crocheting and volunteer work.  Inez loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and enjoyed watching them in their activities.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Nick, sister Ardell Kinseth, twin brother Irvin, brothers-in-law Kenny Kinseth, Earl Sheller and sister-in-law Betty Soma.

She is survived by her sons: James (Adrienne) and Robert (Annette); grandchildren: Gina Carpenter (John), Nick Pasquariello (Dawn), Mike Pasquariello (Libby), Jason Pasquariello (Cassie), Jeff and Dan Pasquariello; great-grandchildren: Derek and Chase Carpenter, Olivia, Emma, and Ava Pasquariello, Ben and Lia Pasquariello, and Tate and Brighton Pasquariello; and sister Jean Sheller of Washington State.