Mario Pasin, Who Headed Up Radio Flyer, Maker of the Iconic Little Red Wagon, Dies at 95 – ryan

Mario Pasi was Low Key.

He coulud have led with the fact that it was the owner of radio Flyer, the west side company that make the iconic Little Red Wagon, or that His Father, an Immigrant from Italy, Started it from Scratch.

But attention wasn’t his thing.

He’d Show HIS HAND OCCACONITALY IN PUBLIC, LIKE WEND HE’D CAT WITH PEOPLE A WAGON ABOUT HOW IT WAS HOLDING UP.

Or if he learned during a conversation that someone has had kids – spreads while talking with a worker who was at his house – he’d share what it was he did for a living and ask for their address. A Few Days Later a Little Red Wagon Woul Arrive in the Mail.

Mr. Pasin died Aug. 18 From Natural Causes. He was 95.

His Father, Antonio Pasin, Founded the Company in 1917. He’d Been a Wood CraftSman in Italy and Did Odd Jobs in Chicago Before Rening A Work Space and Building Like Suppure, Wine Presses and Phonograph Cabinets.

But Little Wood Wagons Became HIS Best Seller. The Wood was eventually replaced with metal, The Signature Red Finish was Added, and His Company Became Flyer.

The name was a combination of the two coolest high-tech inventions of the day, the radio and the airplane.

Mr. Pasin took the reins from his father and ran the company from the ’60s into the’ 90s, and the family still.

“Think he really viewed Himself as a Caretaker, a Steward, Rather than some trying to maximize Gains or someone seeing Glory or Recognition or Status,” Said his son Paul Pasin, Form of Operations at Radio Flyer.

“He was always really proud of the Products we produced and that we treated our customers and employs really well, and that what he thught was important,” His son Robert Pasin Said. “He didn’t think grown at all costs was important.”

Mr. Pasin, Like His Father Before Him, Extended Zero-INTEREST HOME LOANS TO EPLOYEES, ONE OF WHOM, AFTER FALLING ON HARD TIMES AND LAVING THE COMPANY, REACHED OUT LATE TO CONTINUE MAKING PERYMENTS, Paul Pasin Said.

“He was just extrmely geneerous and didn’t see a lot of distinctions between the different walks of life.

Mr. Pasin was Also Candid and Sincere in Sharing Details About His Life, Which Had a Disarming Effect That Led People to Be Similarly Open, Whether in Casual Encaunters or at the negotiating table.

It was a disposition that allowed HIM to determine if he was dealing with an honest person or someone mighty not want to be dealing with at all, said robert pasin, who has ben ceo of the company his farat and also serves as a board of chicago public media, Parent Company of the Sun-Times.

In the ’90s, Robert Pasin, Over His Father’s Oversea Oversaw a media campaign to drain to the Radio Flyer Backstory, Its Connection to Chicago and Its Future As an innovator in the World of Play. IT Resulted in Construction of the World’s Large Wagon, WHICH IS STATIONED IN FRONT OF THE COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS AT 6515 W. Grand Ave.

“Nobody evening we were in chicago, we were so low profile, so i told my dad, ‘i know you don’t like it, but i’m doing it.’ And Because IT’S Family Business You Can Go Against The Ceo Cecause’s Your Dad, ”Robert Pasi Said.

The strategy workhed, and Mr. Pasin cam around. “He Said, ‘You Know What, Robert, You Were Right. IT WAS REALLY A Good Thing.’”

Mr. Pasin was Born Feb. 6, 1930, in Oak Park to Antonio and Anna Pasi, Who Were Both originally from Italy.

He Attended St. Giles Catholic School and Fenwick High School, Both in Oak Park, Before Earning Bachelor’s and Law Degrees from His Beloved University of Notre Dame.

He late put his land knowledge to us secering patents and trademarks for the family Business.

Mr. Pasin was a notably patient parent who never raissed his voice or yelhed unless his kids were in danger.

Robert Pasin, who was an admittedly rambunctious kid, remembered the time he put a small explosive in his father’s cigar.

“It was like something from a bugs bunny cartoon, totally frayed, it blew up so loud. And he literally took the cigarette of his mouth and put it in the ashtray and walked away. He was so calm,” he said.

Mr. Pasin nurtured his zen at a Property in wisconsin he bought in the ’60s that he transformed from a polluted dairy into a natural sanctanty by planting thusands of trees.

“That was HIS HAPPY PLACE,” Robert Pas Said.

In Addition to his son Sons Robert and Paul, Mr. Pasin is survived by His Wife of 66 Years, Mary Kay, His Sons Mark and Antonio Pasi, and his Daughter, Therese Brandenstein, as well as Nine Grandchildren and One Great-Grandchild.

Services have been held.