Vincent A. Capasso, 53, of Mussoview Ave., Cheshire, formerly of Clintonville Rd., North Haven, died Jan. 25 at Yale-New Haven Hospital.  He was born in New Haven on Feb. 14, 1957, son of the late Louis A. Capasso, Jr. and Grace Collins Capasso.  Vincent had worked as a private substance abuse counselor having helped many people successfully reinvent their lives.  He loved family time with his daughter, the outdoors, walking the beach, classic movies, repairing automobiles, and gardening. He was also an avid New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox fan. In addition, Vincent was a parishioner and Eucharistic minister at the Church of the Epiphany in Cheshire.  

He is survived by his beloved daughter, Alaina E. Capasso of Cheshire, along with his loving sister, Gertrude “Trudy” Meyers and her husband Charlie of Narragansett, Rhode Island, and Fishers Island, New York. He is also survived by several nieces and nephews.  He was predeceased by two brothers, Wayne J. and Louis A. Capasso III.  

A funeral procession was held from the North Haven Funeral Home on Jan. 31, followed by a mass of Christian burial at the Church of the Epiphany, Cheshire. Private burial will take place in the North Haven Center Cemetery at the convenience of the family.