Dominic ‘Mr. Dominic’ A. Pane
Share
Let the family know you care by sharing this tribute
Greece: Sunday, March 1, 2015 at age 77. Survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Mary Jane Pane; his sister, Mary Pane; his children, Dina Pane, Karen (John) Tachin, Lori Allen, Andrea Bullock, Chery (Eric) Gonzalez and James (Denise) Pane; grandchildren, Hannah, Emily, Desiree, Dominic, John, Celina, Hailee, Alicia, Joey and Bella; brother and sister-in-law, Sal and Angela Nalbone; along with several nieces, nephews, cousins; several close friends. Dominic will be forever remembered as an iconic fixture in the Charlotte community since opening Mr. Dominic’s restaurant in 1975. Customers could find Dominic at the end of the bar, greeting them as they were seated for dinner. Nothing made him happier than being amongst customers and friends. Family will receive friends Wednesday, March 4th 4-8 PM at Vay-Schleich and Meeson Funeral Home, 1075 Long Pond Road. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, March 5th 11:00 AM at Holy Cross Church, 4492 Lake Avenue. Entombment, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Holy Cross School 4488 Lake Avenue Rochester, NY 14612 in his memory. For more information or to sign Dominic’s online guestbook, please visit www.MeesonFamily.com.
He was truly a Charlotte icon and will be missed for his gregarious smile, friendly handshake and overwhelming sense of family. Many, many wonderful times were celebrated at Mr. Dominics from birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers and ‘date night’ with John. Please accept our deepest sympathy. You will all be in our thoughts and prayers.
I have so many fond memories of Dominic, I’m not sure where to begin. I spent so many great times enjoying the food, friends and of course Dominic’s kindness and generosity. He made Mr Dominic’s the place for folks from Charlotte to gather, laugh and dance the night away! I meet Albert and fell in love in Dominic’s. I will be for ever grateful for the kindness he showed Albert throughout his illness and warm hugs and compassion he gave to me after Albert passed.
My sympothy to the Pane family. He loved his family above all else and will forever live in your hearts (and the hearts of everyone who ever had the pleasure of meeting him)
Beth Marciano
If you weren’t at Mr. Dominic’s on friday nights, having a few drinks at the bar, you missed a great time. Dom was there on many of those nights ready to engage in . conversation. He will be missed-but his spirit carries on. Our heartfelt condolences to his wife an family.
Keeping the entire Pane family in our prayers at this sad time. We feel blessed to have known such a kind and wonderful man. Sally and Randy Holden
My deepest sympathy and prayer for God’s comfort for you and your family in this time of sorrow Jim. Your Dad was so kind to everyone. He was my Dad’s best friend. All my love and prayers.
My prayers are with you and your family, may his memory be eternal.
My Thoughts and Prayers are with your Family,Dominic was truly blessed with a abundance of Friends and a Great Family, May his Legacy live on in heaven as it was on earth….Love Jim Inzinga
Our deepest condolences to the entire Pane Family, Rick and I met at Mr. Dominic’s he was a cook and I was the salad girl. If there is one thing that you can remember Dominic from is how FAMILY was the most important thing to him in the world. My Dad and Dominic were best friends, along with the entire Card Playing, Cigar Smokin’, Story Telling and Ball Busting CREW OF REAL FRIENDS. I know I say this from the entire FANTONE Family, he was truly a perfect representation of a ‘REAL MAN’. He will truly be missed. God bless your entire family.
Our sympathies to the family- Jerry and Lucille Monti ( friends of Emily thru Jordan)
Rip Mr Dominic! You will be deeply missed by all! You are the icon of Charlotte and all of rochester ! May your family and friends find peace from all the wisdom and kindness and stories you have left for us to share! Love ya Matt and Lynn
Words cannot express the sadness Cindy and I are feeling with Dom’s passing.
He was like an uncle to us,being with him was being with family.
I have never met anyone like him and I am sure I never will again,
we laughed way more than we cried that’s for sure.
God bless you Mr. Dominic it was an honor and a privilege to have know you.
Dear Dina and family,
My condolences on the passing of your father, Dominic. It’s never easy losing a loved one. Cherish the good memories, as they will serve you well. And a special thank you to you personally, for all your kindness shown to my father, the late Peter Catari.
May your father rest in peace.
In Sympathy,
Debby Catari
Family will be in my prayers . So many memories so few words.
Hi Cheryl and Dina… It’s Lori from Zab’s….I’m so sorry to hear about your dad. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this difficult time. Best always…Lorelei Smith
I am so very sorry for the loss of your dad, thoughts and prayers with you and your family Rich and Debbie Herb
I have so many fond memories that were made special because of your father. My father worked with your dad catering parties in the early 70’s and then later at Dominic and Earls. My husband and I consider Mr. Dominic’s to be an integral part of our lives and choose to celebrate our special occasions there. Each time, it is magical. My thoughts and prayers go out to your family and please know I will be thinking of you all. Love, Patrick and Jodi McKain
I will always love you you’re a great person and a great person to me give them hell up there and smoke a big cigar for me
I will so miss him sitting at the end of the bar everytime we went in for dinner and would always stop by the table to be sure everything was okay and how he would just pull up a chair and sit with us. He will be so missed, rest in peace Mr, ‘D’!!!
Mr. Dominics always felt like a second home for me and it was Dominic that set that family tone for so many years. His generosity and family first attitude was always contagious. Charlotte lost a legend today, but in Charlotte especially, legends never die!
My thoughts and prayers are with the entire family during this time. May you all find peace in the near future through all of this and thank you Dominic for bringing such a wonderful establishment that meant so much to so many for so long!
One could always count on meeting good friends and having a good meal when at Dominic’s.My wife ,Sharon,worked many years at Dom’s and would come home with many stories that would keep you laughing for hours.Peace to all his family and friends.
So sad to hear this. I remember my last nite in Charlotte. Working at Mr. Dominic’s New Year’s Eve 1977. A huge snow storm . just a few customers, but Dominic was as ever a fabulous boss and great man ! As nice a person as any you’d ever meet. Dominic. you will be missed !!
So sorry to hear of the passing of this kind man and the gift he was to the community. I used to hate to wait in line to get a table, but he always made it worth the wait. God bless all his family.
Some of the most fondest memories of my life are my times at Mr. Dominics. I met more wonderful friends there than any other place. Mr. Dominic was always extremely kind to me and years ago while delivering mail in that area he was always there to offer a meal on the house to warm me up from walking in the cold. He will be greatly missed my many.
Thank you for the wonderful years and fantastic food you brought to Rochester. You were truly one of a kind to family and the community ! Was a pleasure to have known you and to chat with you through out the years, about the resturant buisness and life in general!! My heart has hurt today hearing of your passing… My thoughts are with your loved ones…. May you rest well in peace!! A true Rochester Legend!!!
To the Pane Family, my deepest condolences on the passing of Dominic. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Was away from Rochester during Dominics early years at the restaurant, but will always remember his hospitality and generosity, particularly with his customer appreciation days and the friendships and memories that spawned from them, over the last 10 years or so. ‘Snowbirding’ will keep me from attending his services, but my thoughts and prayers will be with him and his great family at that time and in the furure. He made Dominic’s a great place to visit during his time there.
Rocky Rockwell
Great to see you today Jimmy. Wish it was under different circumstance. Thank you for taking time to talk one on one with me and introducing me (again) to your mom. Please call me now that you have my number. My prayers are with you and your family.
Brian
Karen and John, so sorry to hear of your loss. Our prayers are with you and your family.
To work for Dominic was an honor. He was our teacher and our ‘fearless leader’ as Albert would say. In the early days he was our hostess (holy crap) along with Ernie. He taught his workers how to ‘turn a table’ or as we affectionately would refer to it as ‘chew and screw’ by demanding we drop the check to the table as quickly as possible because there were 100 people in the bar area waiting to eat. You had to be quick. You either swam or you drowned and if you could handle it, you had a job. Luckily, I took swimming lessons. From Dominic you learned the most valuable lesson in life, how to make people feel great about themselves and have a great dining experience while they were in his restaurant. It worked. He had the formula. Customers came and never left. Even after dinner they would go to the bar and hang out with Dominic to enjoy stories, a scotch, cigars and laughs. With Dominic’s talents he turned the restaurant into one of the busiest restaurants in Rochester. As a server this was awesome. Most of the time. It was the place to work, and everyone asked for a job, but us lifetime servers at Dominic’s never left. But Dominic would fit whoever asked for a job into some position somewhere. The food was delcious, we had the best customers, and everyone wanted to eat there or come out and hang out with Dominic. He had alot of friends from every walk of life and treated everyone equaly. Dominic was the mastermind behind pasta in a cup at festivals, and he had a marketing skill unlike none other. He was also the most generous person anyone has ever met, he donated to every charity, he did alot for the community and for individuals and their families. Even back in the day, he was also the one to call when someone in Charlotte needed bail. You could always count on him. Thank you Dominic, it was a privilege to work for you, I thank you for hiring me and giving me the best job one could ever ask for, every boss could learn a lesson or two from you, and I thank you even for embedding Frank Sinatra into my brain, I now know every word to every song. Get that gin game going up in heaven with all the ususal suspects. You are in good company. Thank you Dominic. You are missed, but will never be forgotten. You will always be a Charlotte and Rochester legend. Thank you Nancy Ciminelli
My husband and I have very fond memories of Mr.Dominic’s. It was the first place he went to dinner at when he moved to Rochester. We had many dates there and after we got married, we took the family there. We have moved out of the area to Pennsylvania, and have a hard time finding good places to eat. We were just talking about having dinner there when we come home to visit. He will be missed as he blessed everyone he met. Our sincere condolences to the family.
Jean and Tom Greer
Our Deepest Sympathies to the Pane family. Dominic will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with you at this time.
Duke & Patty Story
We were so saddened to hear of Dom’s passing, We heard about it just a few minutes ago, too late to attend the wake or funeral. Please know that he was very special to us, a good friend, who will be sorely missed, Mr. Dominic’s has always been our favorite place and will remain so. You, his family, are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely, Sebastian (Doc) and Carol Bentivegna
Dina and Family, our prayers and thoughts are with you and your family. May God be with you and your family to give you comfort and peace. Blessings, John Ciccolone
We just found out about Dominic and are sorry that we didn’t make it to the services and are so sorry for your loss.
The Streicher family has great memories from Dominic’s in Charlotte and although we now go to the Fairport location most of the time the Charlotte location will always hold a special ambiance.
Dominic grew up next to my Mom in the city so we knew him in a special way. Ever since we started taking our kids there in 1981 it was always our restaurant that we considered home. Dominic would bring black olives over to the table and the kids would put them on their fingers which would keep them occupied and allow Sue and I to enjoy our meal and them to have fun.
We once figured out that based on our average trip to Dominic’s once a week for about 30 years totaled over 1,560 dinners, wow! Like Nancy said it was a special place and Dominic made sure it way. To all the Pane family our prayers are with you.
Our hearts go out to the entire Pane Family. You were always guaranteed a good drink (or two), great food and a warm hug and kiss from not only Dominic himself but from all those he touched. We will miss you but never forget you.
My sincere condolences to the family. He was truly one of a kind and will be greatly missed. PS….I’m sure Bill Bryant is right there asking him for a Peter’s Salad and an order of Pasta Milano to go!!!