A beloved Italian grandfather and MetroTech security guard who was beaten to death at a Brooklyn subway station was laid to rest Saturday amid a mixture of laughter and tears at a Bensonhurst church.

About 200 relatives and friends turned out at St. Dominic’s Catholic Church on Bay Ridge Parkway to mourn Nicola Tanzi, who was killed Oct. 7 as the devout Catholic held a door open for the suspect police said.

“I’ve been in shock and denial that he is gone,” Tanzi’s nephew told about 200 family members and friends at “I have been intensely sad, and angry with the situation, and that we live in a world where something like this could even happen to a good man like him.”

“While it’s easy to fall into a trap of anger and blame,” the nephew told funeral attendees, “this morning, I challenge

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