• Deano Petro Deano Petro Dean Joseph “Deano” “Coach” Petro left this life peacefully on Friday, March 7, 2014. Deano was home making breakfast when He decided it was time for him to go. Deano was born March 31, 1955
• Deano Petro
Deano Petro
Dean Joseph “Deano” “Coach” Petro left this life peacefully on Friday, March 7, 2014. Deano was home making breakfast when He decided it was time for him to go.
Deano was born March 31, 1955 in New York City. He was raised in Gardena and the sunny South Bay surfing communities of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach, California.
Deano graduated from Junipero Serra High School in Gardena, CA in 1973.
Deano followed his lifetime love of surfing to Kauai in 1974 and attended Kauai Community College.
Deano worked in construction and was a world class mason. He founded Petro Construction in 1989. Deano’s work can be seen from the North Shore of Kauai to the Westside restoration of Waimea Foreign Church. One project Deano was most proud of was the restoration of Queen Emma’s Summer Cottage and the Allerton Estate in Lawai Kai.
Coach Petro had a 14 year career as an offensive line coach for Kauai and Kapaa High Schools. This resulted in 6 KIF Championship seasons respectively.
Coach was an inspiration to many young people on Kauai and provided numerous jobs for former players and young men which led to life- long careers.
Deano was preceded in death by his beloved father and mentor, Joseph Anthony Petro.
He is survived by his daughter, Alexandra “Ali” Mariko Petro, and his son, Michael Kaleo Petro, his mother, Marie Ryan Petro, his sister, Merideth Marie Petro, his hanai brother, Ryan and Kathy Baniaga, his beloved dog, Tony, and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, neices, nephews, and extended famiglia.
Deano was loved by many and will be dearly missed.
“CIAO! CIAO!”
Friends may visit with the family on Friday, March 14, 2014, 10:00 am at St Raphael’s Catholic Church in Koloa. Mass will be celebrated at 1:00 pm. Reception to follow.
