Lt. Col. Arthur Paul Bertanzetti, age 93, a resident of Irving, Texas, previously of Sherwood, Arkansas, died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Baylor Medical Center, Irving, Texas. Born Dec. 13, 1918 in Fredricktown, Pennsylvania to Bartolo Bertanzetti and Mary Vechnak Bertanzetti, he was a decorated veteran of WW II, a POW, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. As a Squadron Commander in the Air Force, a beloved husband, father and grandfather, he touched the lives of many. Preceded in death by his wife, Helen Marie Bertanzetti on Nov. 19, 2006 and two grandchildren Daniel Raymond Bertanzetti and William Stephen Bertanzetti, survivors include his sons Arthur Wayne Bertanzetti, Paul James Bertanzetti and wife Dr. Franki Bertanzetti of Irving, Texas, and William David Bertanzetti and wife Cathy Bertanzetti, RN, of Birmingham, Alabama, grandchildren Lauren Cordray, Esq., 1st Lt. Kate Bertanzetti, Matthew Bertanzetti, and Nicholas Bertanzetti. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Monday, March 19 at Donnelly's Colonial Funeral Home with the Rosary service at 7:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial is 12 noon, Tuesday, March 20 at Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Church, 2323 Cheyenne in Irving with Rev. Msgr. Jerome Duesman as celebrant. Interment will follow at Calvary Hill Cemetery in Dallas.