28 • April 2025 • Powersports Business
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Commercial Sewing founder Sam Mazzarelli passes away at 82
Samuel G. Mazzarelli, 82, of Goshen, Connecticut, was a powersports industry businessman and entrepreneur who died March 13, 2025, at his home, surrounded by his family, after a long illness. He was born on Aug. 26, 1942, and graduated from Torrington High School and the University of Connecticut.
Always an inventor and a jack-of-all trades( aka, a tinkerer), Mazzarelli went
from founding Commercial Sewing, Inc. as a one-man operation to expanding the business with his sons to include plants in several states and Mexico. He also holds several patents that have generated improvements to the powersports and marine industries.
Mazzarelli loved snowmobiling and the powersport industry. He sponsored many races and was proud of his sponsorship of the Goodwin Commercial Sewing race team. Together, they won three world championships.
He leaves behind his cherished wife Carolyn( Conti), with whom he enjoyed 59 years of marriage. In addition to Carolyn, he is survived by his three children: Suzanne, Stephen, and David. He also had 11 grandchildren. Funeral services were held March 21 at St. Thomas of Villanova Church.
The company grew from a one-man operation to being contracted by OEMs to make snowmobile covers.
Samuel G. Mazzarelli, Aug. 26, 1942— March 13, 2025( Photo courtesy of David Mazzarelli)
Commercial Sewing makes marine covers as well.
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