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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 At 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Service will be offered. Interment will follow at Hollywood Memorial Park, Union.
Giovanni Cormio, age 86 of Bayonne, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 30, 2016.
Born and raised in Molfetta, Italy, Giovanni was the oldest of seven children.
As a young man, Giovanni proudly served in the Italian Navy from 1950 to 1951. Since jobs were scarce in Italy after WWII, Giovanni (always good with his hands), was able to find work in France as a construction worker from 1955 to 1962. Like so many of his contemporaries in Western Europe, he eventually decided to seek good fortune in the United States. In 1962, Giovanni emigrated to the U.S. where he initially settled in Hoboken, NJ.
Shortly after, he met his wife-to-be, Caterina Agresti through her former coworker. They fell in love and married on Friday, February 23, 1963 at Holy Rosary Church in the Hamilton Park section of Jersey City. They settled in Hoboken and remained there until 1975 when they bought their home in Bayonne, NJ.
Giovanni and Caterina were soon blessed with the birth of their daughter Marta in November of 1963. Giovanni settled into his work as a garment presser and later as a factory worker at Levolor before retiring.
Giovanni was gifted with a creative mind and a keen understanding of how things work. Consequently, he could often be found tinkering and modifying things to make them better than they were originally intended to be. He enjoyed doing work in his own house too and was very skilled at tiling, painting, basic carpentry and plumbing. After a day at work, he enjoyed a good meal, especially if pasta and seafood were on the menu. Although Caterina did most of the cooking, Giovanni was also a talented cook and contributed to preparing the fine cuisine that the Cormio house was famous for. No one ever left their house feeling hungry! True to his European roots, Giovanni’s favorite and only sport he enjoyed watching was professional soccer.
Giovanni was most happy spending time with family. When the gift of grandchildren came into his life, he was more than happy to help babysit whenever the need arose. Although his mother and the majority of his siblings remained in Italy, Giovanni didn’t let this fact keep him from speaking to them on a regular basis. Whenever the opportunity arose, he would return to his homeland to visit the family. He enjoyed traveling and when retirement allowed, you could often see him planning trips through various touring companies. He and Caterina enjoyed bus trips to far destinations including the Grand Canyon, Canada, Las Vegas, and Florida.
Giovanni lived a good life. Proud of his Italian heritage, he was also always grateful for the opportunity to be a citizen of the U.S.A. He was a dedicated provider who always tried to do the right thing and adhere to a strict moral code. Always willing to give of his time and talents, Giovanni will be missed by those who were blest to know him.
Giovanni is survived by his beloved wife Caterina to whom he was married for 53 years; his much-loved daughter Marta and husband Jeffrey Riotto of Pompton Lakes; two cherished grandchildren: Sarah and Matthew; and six dear siblings: Lorenzo and wife Isa Cormio of Weehawken, Antonio and wife Angela Cormio, Gina Sgherza and husband Mauro, Maria Andreula and husband Cosmo, Rosa
La Forgia and husband Michele – all of Molfetta, Italy, and, Elena Abbatista and husband Antonio of Alessandria, Italy.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 At 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Service will be offered. Interment will follow at Hollywood Memorial Park, Union.
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 from 4-8 PM.
Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 At 9:00 AM from the funeral home, then to St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 395 Valley Road, Wayne where at 10:00 AM a Funeral Service will be offered. Interment will follow at Hollywood Memorial Park, Union.
Giovanni Cormio, age 86 of Bayonne, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 30, 2016.
Born and raised in Molfetta, Italy, Giovanni was the oldest of seven children.
As a young man, Giovanni proudly served in the Italian Navy from 1950 to 1951. Since jobs were scarce in Italy after WWII, Giovanni (always good with his hands), was able to find work in France as a construction worker from 1955 to 1962. Like so many of his contemporaries in Western Europe, he eventually decided to seek good fortune in the United States. In 1962, Giovanni emigrated to the U.S. where he initially settled in Hoboken, NJ.
Shortly after, he met his wife-to-be, Caterina Agresti through her former coworker. They fell in love and married on Friday, February 23, 1963 at Holy Rosary Church in the Hamilton Park section of Jersey City. They settled in Hoboken and remained there until 1975 when they bought their home in Bayonne, NJ.
Giovanni and Caterina were soon blessed with the birth of their daughter Marta in November of 1963. Giovanni settled into his work as a garment presser and later as a factory worker at Levolor before retiring.
Giovanni was gifted with a creative mind and a keen understanding of how things work. Consequently, he could often be found tinkering and modifying things to make them better than they were originally intended to be. He enjoyed doing work in his own house too and was very skilled at tiling, painting, basic carpentry and plumbing. After a day at work, he enjoyed a good meal, especially if pasta and seafood were on the menu. Although Caterina did most of the cooking, Giovanni was also a talented cook and contributed to preparing the fine cuisine that the Cormio house was famous for. No one ever left their house feeling hungry! True to his European roots, Giovanni’s favorite and only sport he enjoyed watching was professional soccer.
Giovanni was most happy spending time with family. When the gift of grandchildren came into his life, he was more than happy to help babysit whenever the need arose. Although his mother and the majority of his siblings remained in Italy, Giovanni didn’t let this fact keep him from speaking to them on a regular basis. Whenever the opportunity arose, he would return to his homeland to visit the family. He enjoyed traveling and when retirement allowed, you could often see him planning trips through various touring companies. He and Caterina enjoyed bus trips to far destinations including the Grand Canyon, Canada, Las Vegas, and Florida.
Giovanni lived a good life. Proud of his Italian heritage, he was also always grateful for the opportunity to be a citizen of the U.S.A. He was a dedicated provider who always tried to do the right thing and adhere to a strict moral code. Always willing to give of his time and talents, Giovanni will be missed by those who were blest to know him.
Giovanni is survived by his beloved wife Caterina to whom he was married for 53 years; his much-loved daughter Marta and husband Jeffrey Riotto of Pompton Lakes; two cherished grandchildren: Sarah and Matthew; and six dear siblings: Lorenzo and wife Isa Cormio of Weehawken, Antonio and wife Angela Cormio, Gina Sgherza and husband Mauro, Maria Andreula and husband Cosmo, Rosa
La Forgia and husband Michele – all of Molfetta, Italy, and, Elena Abbatista and husband Antonio of Alessandria, Italy.
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