Edmond J Baudino

Conway, SC….. Edmond J. Baudino, 94, of Wofford Road passed away Wednesday, January 16, 2018 at Embrace Hospice House, following a short illness and a long residence at Brightwater. Edmond was born on November 28, 1924 in St. Raphael, France the son of the late Joseph Baudino and Marie Cassabois Baudino. He and his mother arrived in New York City on August 5, 1930. His father, who lived in Masontown, Pennsylvania, preceded them in March 1928. They all came through Ellis Island. In 1939 the family moved to North Bergen, New Jersey. A year later they moved to the neighboring town of West New York, New Jersey across the Hudson River from New York City. There he attended public schools, and graduated from Memorial High School on June 23, 1943. During his school years, he played violin in both the grammar and high school orchestras, as the Concert Master. On July 27, 1943 he was inducted into the Army Air Force. He attended the radio operator school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota and aerial gunnery school in Yuma, Arizona. He served with the 8th Air Force as the radio operator on a B-24 bomber with the rank of Technical Sergeant. He served on 14 combat missions. He received the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, the European Campaign Medal with Three Campaign Stars, the American Theater of Operations Medal and the Victory Medal. He was discharged on January 3, 1946 and joined the Army Air Force reserve. At the start of the Korean War, he was recalled to active duty on August 18, 1950. He served in the Air Force Military Air Transport (MATS) for one year. Upon discharge, he attended Radio City Institute of Technology and later, Farleigh Dickinson University where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering. He worked for 26.5 years at the Army Research and Development Command at Picatinny Arsenal, in Dover, New Jersey. He retired in December, 1984. He and his wife Genevieve Morreau Baudino moved to Myrtle Beach, where they had been coming on vacation since 1974 to play golf. Together they enjoyed playing golf, gardening and entertaining their friends to gourmet dinners. They were members of St. James Catholic Church, where they both volunteered many years of their lives. He served as an usher since 1985, and was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council No. 7531. He was preceded in death by the love of his life, Genevieve, on November 23, 1995, Thanksgiving Day. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated by Rev. Timothy Akanson at St. James Catholic Church at 11:00 AM Saturday, January 19, 2019. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery with Military Honors. Friends will be recieved one hour prior to the Mass at the church. Ed has requested that donations be made to St. James Catholic Church 1071 Academy Drive Conway, SC 29526 or the Knights of Columbus No. 7531 in care of St. James Catholic Church. A special thanks to the staff at Brightwater and Embrace Hospice for their special care of Edmond during his final years and days of life.

Edmond J Baudino

November 28, 1924 - January 16, 2019