DOMENICO ANTONIO BEVACQUA
March 28, 1922 to August 23, 2013
Suddenly and with deep regret, we announce the passing of Domenico
Antonio Bevacqua, at the age of 91, on Friday, August 23, 2013, at home with
his loving wife of 68 years, Maria, by his side.
Domenico is also survived by his children Anna (Reg) Faulkes, Liz
(Mike) Horne, Bruno (Adele) Bevacqua and Josie (Wolfgang) Fink; as well as his
10 grandchildren , Lisa (Gino) Giannuzzi, Gina (Mark) Morais, Jeff
Faulkes, Sharlene (Nick) Pineault, Christopher (Sandy) Bevacqua, Adam Fink,
Samantha (Desmond) Anderson, Jennifer (Stu) Smith, Jocelyn (Matt) Bevacqua and
Joel Bevacqua; and 10 great grandchildren, Noah
and Dante, Alexia and Brianna, Chantel and Joshua, Spencer and Piper, Charlotte
and “Baby” who is due to arrive in October. The older great grandchildren
nicknamed him “Dancing Nonno” because he loved to dance at every opportunity,
and the younger ones nicknamed him “Scooter Nonno”, once he started riding his
scooter around town. He is also survived by his sisters, Maria Franconero and
family and Immaculata Baggio and family, brother-in-law Dino (Adele) Romano and
family all of Italy; brother-in-law Domenico (Anna) Romano and family;
sisters-in-law Zia Rosa Alecci and family, Zia Immaculata Barbaro and family,
Zia Natalina (Bruno) Zappia and family.
Dad was born in Gerace, Italy and left home to come to Winnipeg, Canada
in 1952. Two years later, after saving enough money, his wife, Maria and
four children joined him. Dad was a carpenter by trade and worked
very hard all to provide a good life for us. He was so happy when his
children were all married and his family continued to grow. With the
births of his grandchildren and great grandchildren, he could not wait for
Sundays when we all got together for Nonna Maria’s pasta dinners. He was
so proud of all is grandchildren and great grandchildren and their
accomplishments and that Joel would carry on his family name. As most of
you know, he would tell everyone he met that he had a wonderful family and he was the happiest when we were all
together. Dad, together with Mom, taught all of us many of life’s
lessons and the importance of family. He helped so many relatives and
friends over the years with his skills as a carpenter and never asked for
anything in return.
Everyone who knew Dad loved him and his sense of humour. In
his later years, he participated in the Rendezvous Club at Riverview for over
10 years, where he learned many other crafts of which so many of us are
recipients. These gifts will be treasured always. We were so
lucky to have had him for all these years and it is wonderful that his
grandchildren and great grandchildren got to know what a wonderful Nonno he was
to all of them – from teaching them to play Italian cards, to doing magic card
tricks, praising them when they ate all their pasta and meatballs and
translating Italian jokes into English which most of the time the humour was
lost in translation but we all laughed anyway. When we were all together
he would call each one of us by another’s name and kept on correcting himself
until he got it right. During this past year, he told everyone he
met, that when he passed away, he would not be sad, although he would miss us,
knowing that his wife, his children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were
all doing well and that would bring him peace.
Mass of the
Resurrection will be Celebrated on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in
Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church, 510 River Avenue with Rev. Fr. Renato
Pasinato, presiding. Entombment will follow in the Chapel Mausoleum in
Assumption Roman Catholic Cemetery, 3990 Portage Avenue. For those who wish
viewing will be held prior to Mass.
Thank you to the Pallbearers, Jeff, Gino, Mark, Chris, Adam, Joel,
Desmond, Stu and Matt. As well, thank you to all our friends and
relatives for your love and support, to the Rendezvous Club for their care and
attention to Dad and to all the new friends and staff at The Portsmouth.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke
Foundation.
Winnipeg
Funeral Director, Richard Wojcik of Wojcik’s
Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, 2157
Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, in care of
arrangements, 204 – 897 – 4665, wojciksfuneralchapel.com.
Sempre
ricordato, per sempre amato
(Always remembered, forever loved)
Your Loving
Family
Wojcik’s
FUNERAL CHAPEL & CREMATORIUM
2157 PORTAGE AVENUE
204 – 897 - 4665
www.wojciksfuneralchapel.com
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