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August 9, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday August 15, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Celio Filippi, age 84 of Little Falls and formerly of Wayne, died on August 9, 2011.
Celio was just twenty one years old when he first came to America in 1948. Conditions in Italy were very difficult following World War II, and with the looming conscription into the Italian Army, he made the decision to join his father in America. His father had already been here for a few years when Celio boarded a ship and crossed the Atlantic by himself, leaving his mother and sister behind. Upon arriving in New York, his father greeted him and they settled in Bloomfield, NJ. Ironically, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951 and served for two years during the Korean War.
Celio had worked as a tile setter since shortly after arriving in America. By 1951 he was a member of local union which eventual consolidated to become the International Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union. He was very proud of his work and especially happy with his union and how well they cared for him over the years. As a union tile setter, he worked for the DelTurco Brothers Construction Company most of his career and even had his own company, Tile Expressions during the 1980’s. He retired at age sixty five but would have preferred to keep working if his sore knees hadn’t begged him to stop.
After his service in the U. S. Army, he returned to Italy several times to visit his home-town girlfriend whom he had known since childhood; Wally Lovisa. On one particular visit in 1955 they married at Cavasso Nuovo, Italy and Celio made arrangements for her to move to America with him. It took a few months, but she was finally able to get a ticket on the famed Andrea Doria and sail to America. Together, they settled in Wayne and raised their two daughters. They went on several family trips, including back to Italy about every three to five years, visiting with relatives and friends. Together, the whole family took a trip to Alaska in 1997 and they had a wonderful time together. Sadly, Wally passed away just one year later, on April 4, 1998.
Celio is survived by his two devoted daughters; Gloria Pinkney and her husband Hunter Hayes of Little Falls and Irene Filippi and her husband Manny Perez of Wayne, a grandson; Marc Perez of Wayne, and one sister; Angelina Canderan of Italy. He was predeceased by his wife Wally in 1998.
In Celio’s honor, memorial donations to the American Heart Association, PO Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241-7005, or the American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852, would be greatly appreciated.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday August 15, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
August 9, 2011
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday August 15, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Tuesday from the funeral home, then to Our Lady of the Valley RC Church where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Celio Filippi, age 84 of Little Falls and formerly of Wayne, died on August 9, 2011.
Celio was just twenty one years old when he first came to America in 1948. Conditions in Italy were very difficult following World War II, and with the looming conscription into the Italian Army, he made the decision to join his father in America. His father had already been here for a few years when Celio boarded a ship and crossed the Atlantic by himself, leaving his mother and sister behind. Upon arriving in New York, his father greeted him and they settled in Bloomfield, NJ. Ironically, he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1951 and served for two years during the Korean War.
Celio had worked as a tile setter since shortly after arriving in America. By 1951 he was a member of local union which eventual consolidated to become the International Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union. He was very proud of his work and especially happy with his union and how well they cared for him over the years. As a union tile setter, he worked for the DelTurco Brothers Construction Company most of his career and even had his own company, Tile Expressions during the 1980’s. He retired at age sixty five but would have preferred to keep working if his sore knees hadn’t begged him to stop.
After his service in the U. S. Army, he returned to Italy several times to visit his home-town girlfriend whom he had known since childhood; Wally Lovisa. On one particular visit in 1955 they married at Cavasso Nuovo, Italy and Celio made arrangements for her to move to America with him. It took a few months, but she was finally able to get a ticket on the famed Andrea Doria and sail to America. Together, they settled in Wayne and raised their two daughters. They went on several family trips, including back to Italy about every three to five years, visiting with relatives and friends. Together, the whole family took a trip to Alaska in 1997 and they had a wonderful time together. Sadly, Wally passed away just one year later, on April 4, 1998.
Celio is survived by his two devoted daughters; Gloria Pinkney and her husband Hunter Hayes of Little Falls and Irene Filippi and her husband Manny Perez of Wayne, a grandson; Marc Perez of Wayne, and one sister; Angelina Canderan of Italy. He was predeceased by his wife Wally in 1998.
In Celio’s honor, memorial donations to the American Heart Association, PO Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241-7005, or the American Kidney Fund, 6110 Executive Blvd, Suite 1010, Rockville, MD 20852, would be greatly appreciated.
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