Emilio Costanzo (died 2019)
| Emilio Costanzo | |
|---|---|
| Costantino | |
| Born | 1927-10-15 Borboruso, Provincia Cosenza, Italy |
| Died | 2019-06-11 Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| Occupation | assembly line worker |
| Employer | Great West Timber |
| Father | |
| Mother | |
| Partner | |
| Children | |
Emilio Costantino Costanzo (15 October 1927 – 11 June 2019 (aged 91)) was an Italian-born assembly line worker for Bombardier who lived in Port Arthur and Thunder Bay.[1][2]
Life and family
Emilio Costantino Costanzo was born in Borboruso, Provincia Cosenza, Italy, to parents Angelo Costanzo and Rosa Scalese. He was the second of eight children. Following the early death of his father, he supported his mother and siblings. He married Giuseppina in 1951. He emigrated to Canada alone in 1952 to find work, initially laboring in bush camps in Flin Flon, Manitoba, and at a saw mill in Sapawe, Ontario.[1]
In 1954, he was joined in Canada by his wife and their first child. The family moved to Port Arthur in 1956. He worked in construction and as a handyman before joining Great West Timber. He later spent over two decades at Can-Can Rail, which became Bombardier, where he worked on the assembly line manufacturing doors for transit vehicles until his retirement in 1992. He was a skilled woodworker and gardener who belonged to the Port Arthur Italian Society and the St. Anthony's Parish Senior's Group.[1]
He was survived by his wife Peppina, and his daughters Angela, Vanda, and Maria, along with their respective spouses Mario Gallo, Aldo Bernaudo, and Peder Olsen. His grandchildren included Luigi, Emiliano, Giovanni, Pietro, Paulo, Adele, Leslie, Jonas, and Matteo. He also left ten great-grandchildren, including Andrew Stocco. He was predeceased by his parents, his brothers Giuseppe, Serafino, and Michele Costanzo, his uncle Ernesto Costanzo, and in-laws Angelo and Allessandrina.[1]
He died on June 11, 2019, at the TBRHSC after a period of illness. A funeral mass was held at St. Anthony's Church on June 18, 2019, officiated by Rev. Luigi Filippini, following a visitation at Harbourview Funeral Centre. He was interred in a private ceremony.[1]
Newspaper record
- Obituary notice in The Chronicle-Journal, 2019-06-15.[2]
- Recorded as occurring 11 June 2019.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Obituary for Emilio Costantino Costanzo, The Chronicle-Journal (Thunder Bay), 2019-06-15, via Legacy.com. Archived copy on datum.locker.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Chronicle-Journal, 15 June 2019, p. 1(D)