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November 29, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Thursday from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Giovanni Giammona, age 78 of Wayne, died at home on Monday, November 29, 2010 with his loving family gathered around him.
Giovanni was born in Palermo, Italy where he lived before bringing his family to America in 1980.
Growing up in Sicily was beautiful, but also had its challenges. Giovanni lived very near to an airfield in Palermo and survived many Allied bombing raids during World War II. He was a boy of just 9 years old. In one instance, his grandfather was killed while protecting him from the falling bombs and debris. Giovanni was severely injured and carried those scars throughout his lifetime. He also learned to garden while living in Sicily. His family had a garden that Giovanni would tend to and his crops varied from season to season. He grew just about everything from lemons and tangerines, to figs and tomatoes. He even hunted quite a bit with a group of close friends. When he came to America in 1980, they settled in Paterson where he quickly took over the back yard with his garden. It got to the point where his garden was too big and the kids had no yard to play in, so he moved the garden farther out into the yard. Then, in 1997, when the family moved to Wayne, Giovanni now had a beautiful, hillside garden to work with. He loved his garden and would spend countless hours with his plants. For a time, he was even raising rabbits, just as he had as a boy in Italy.
He visited Italy several times after moving to America. He behaved like a tourist when he went back, visiting the tourist attractions, such as Pompeii. He absolutely loved Italy and seeing his family and friends.
In 1958, Giovanni married Susanna Graziano and they raised five children together. They enjoyed a loving relationship for fifty two years and it’s difficult to imagine them apart. Susanna and her whole family will miss him dearly.
Giovanni is survived by his loving wife; Susanna (nee Graziano), five children: Domenico Giammona, Vincenza Giammona, Giuseppa Giammona, Lorenzo Giammona, all of Wayne, and Maria Fiorello and her husband Brian of Wayne, two grandchildren; Anthony Dominic Fiorello and John Ryan Fiorello, his brother; Giuseppe Giammona of Palermo, Italy, many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations in Giovanni’s memory to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or to the Passaic Valley Hospice, 783 Riverview Drive, Totowa, NJ 07511 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 Wednesday, December 1, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Thursday from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
November 29, 2010
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM. Funeral Services will be held at 9:30 AM on Thursday from the funeral home, then to Immaculate Heart of Mary RC Church, Wayne, where at 10:30 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered.
Giovanni Giammona, age 78 of Wayne, died at home on Monday, November 29, 2010 with his loving family gathered around him.
Giovanni was born in Palermo, Italy where he lived before bringing his family to America in 1980.
Growing up in Sicily was beautiful, but also had its challenges. Giovanni lived very near to an airfield in Palermo and survived many Allied bombing raids during World War II. He was a boy of just 9 years old. In one instance, his grandfather was killed while protecting him from the falling bombs and debris. Giovanni was severely injured and carried those scars throughout his lifetime. He also learned to garden while living in Sicily. His family had a garden that Giovanni would tend to and his crops varied from season to season. He grew just about everything from lemons and tangerines, to figs and tomatoes. He even hunted quite a bit with a group of close friends. When he came to America in 1980, they settled in Paterson where he quickly took over the back yard with his garden. It got to the point where his garden was too big and the kids had no yard to play in, so he moved the garden farther out into the yard. Then, in 1997, when the family moved to Wayne, Giovanni now had a beautiful, hillside garden to work with. He loved his garden and would spend countless hours with his plants. For a time, he was even raising rabbits, just as he had as a boy in Italy.
He visited Italy several times after moving to America. He behaved like a tourist when he went back, visiting the tourist attractions, such as Pompeii. He absolutely loved Italy and seeing his family and friends.
In 1958, Giovanni married Susanna Graziano and they raised five children together. They enjoyed a loving relationship for fifty two years and it’s difficult to imagine them apart. Susanna and her whole family will miss him dearly.
Giovanni is survived by his loving wife; Susanna (nee Graziano), five children: Domenico Giammona, Vincenza Giammona, Giuseppa Giammona, Lorenzo Giammona, all of Wayne, and Maria Fiorello and her husband Brian of Wayne, two grandchildren; Anthony Dominic Fiorello and John Ryan Fiorello, his brother; Giuseppe Giammona of Palermo, Italy, many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, and many nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations in Giovanni’s memory to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or to the Passaic Valley Hospice, 783 Riverview Drive, Totowa, NJ 07511 would be greatly appreciated.
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