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`Prince Charming' was unselfish
Brent Rescineto
Brent Rescineto is survived by his wife, Mae Jeanne; his father, Lou Rescineto; his mother, Sandi Smith; his brothers, Michael Rescineto and wife Kim, and Nick Rescineto and wife Kim; his mother- and father-in-law, Corrine and Mike Garcia, his sister-in-law, Bernadette Garcia; and his brother-in-law, Steve Gradl.
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Mae Jeanne Rescineto asked for just one present from God on her birthday - a husband with all the characteristics she wanted.
"I said `I need a man that is compassionate and has a good heart.' I wanted someone who would put others above himself. I said `If he was Italian, that would be the icing on the cake," she said.
On her 34th birthday, all her dreams came true when she met her soul mate - a man who Rescineto and her friends said lived his life to the fullest and always wanted to help others.
Brent Rescineto, fire inspector with the 377th Civil Engineering Division at Kirtland Air Force Base, died Friday during complications from surgery for stomach cancer. He was 39.
Rescineto was born in 1967 in Youngstown, Ohio. He joined the Air Force in 1990 when he was 22. During his military career, he was stationed in Saudi Arabia, Honduras, Belgium, the Canary Islands and Italy.
Rescineto wanted to be in the Air Force, but also had an interest in being a firefighter. He discovered he could do both.
"He felt being in the military was a chance for him to serve his country," his wife said.
He was transferred to Kirtland Air Force Base in 1998 and became fire inspector of the 377th Civil Engineering Division.
"He always wanted to do something to help people and lend whatever knowledge he had to prevent others from losing their lives," his wife said.
During Rescineto's career, he was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal, NATO Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Military Merit Medal, Southwest Asia Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Service Medal, National Defense Medal and Overseas Service Medal.
Rescineto met his wife at a bar. Both were waiting for friends to show up.
They struck up a conversation and it led to a "fairy-tale" romance, Mae Jeanne Rescineto said.
They were married at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas, Nev. in 1999.
Paula Lullo, a family friend, said Rescineto was truly his wife's Prince Charming.
"Probably my most favorite thing about him was the way he would look at Mae. Every woman wants to be looked at like that," Lullo said.
Mae Jeanne Rescineto said her husband's kindness and love for others also showed through in his job.
"He thought of everybody else first," she said. "I know he put me first. He demonstrated that every day in his job."
She also said her husband liked to have fun and was fascinated with new cars.
"I call all his cars his mistresses," she said. "Every time we were together, he had a different car."
Rescineto also liked working out with his friends and had a self-proclaimed shopping fetish.
"He's the only straight guy who loved to shop and cared about his hair," his wife said.
She said she and her husband would shop quite frequently.
Because Rescineto had seen a lot in his life while he was in the military, he chose to seize the day and not take things to heart, Lullo said.
"Every day was precious, even before he was sick. He never sweated the small stuff. He always made you see the other side. He always saw the glass as half-full," she said.
