Giuseppe Corvello – January 29, 1915 – January 10, 2011

Obituaries — 28 January 2011

On Monday, January 10, 2011, nineteen days short of his 96th birthday Giuseppe Corvello passed away with his loving family by his side. Up to his admission to the DRHC, just over seven weeks previous, Giuseppe lived in his own home throughout seventy years of marriage to Marietta.

Giuseppe is survived by his wife Marietta; children, Angela (Art) Colucci of Winnipeg, Tony (Helen) Corvello, Fernando (Laura) Corvello, Johnny (Ivah) Corvello all of Dryden; grandchildren, Fred (Belle) Colucci, Madilena (Jimmy) Berze, Tasha (Tim) Getson, Pat (Jaime) Corvello, Stephen and Mark Corvello, Steven (Cindy Noel) Roll, Shelly (Mark) Bannan and 16 great grandchildren.

Giuseppe is predeceased by his mother Angelina, his father Antonio, brother Angelo, sister Antoinnette all of Italy, grandsons Kevin Corvello (1998) and Dino Colucci (2002).

Before Giuseppe immigrated to Canada in 1951, he served in the Italian army fighting in World War II. After arriving in Canada, to work 28 years for the CN in Sioux Lookout. He retired and continued to work on his large vegetable garden, which was his pride and joy. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, blueberry and mushroom picking. He made his own wine from fresh grapes for many, many years. After living in Sioux Lookout for 45 years “Nonna” and “Nonnu” moved to Dryden in 1999.

There was no Visitation as cremation had taken place.

A Memorial Service was held on Friday, January 14th, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, with Father Al Campeau officiating.

The honorary pallbearers were Fred, Mark, Pat, Daniel, Brett, Adam and Kevin.

If friends so desire, donations may be made to the DRHC Equipment Fund through the Dryden Community Funeral Home.

A special thank you to the doctors, physio and nurses at DRHC, who patiently cared for Joe.

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