Douglas Battipaglia

Douglas Battipaglia, a White Plains resident, died February 6, 2019 at the age of 72. He was born December 11, 1946 to the late Dominick and Louise Battipaglia.

He served a tour in Korea in the U.S. Army from 1966-1968.

On June 1, 1969 he married his wife Joan in White Plains.

Douglas was a mechanical engineer, working for Union Carbide for 16 years, then he was self employed for 20 years for his company Flo Design and then more recently he worked for 12 years for Motor Classic and Competition in Bedford Hills, NY.

He loved slot cars in his younger days and had a passion for speed. He designed, built and raced modified performance cars his whole life.

He is survived by his wife Joan of White Plains, his daughter Kristine Battipaglia-Mascara of White Plains and his grandchildren, Hailey Beth Battipaglia who is attending college in California and Olivia Mascara of White Plains.

He was a genius with anything mechanical, especially cars. He designed, built and raced two of his own cars and always was in a quest for speed. The faster the better! Douglas was a very wise and gentle man, who was always ready to help anyone in distress, especially family and friends. He will be remembered for his very dry sense of humor!