In Celebration of

Ennio Casazza

June 28, 1930 -  April 14, 2019

Ennio Casazza passed away on April 14th 2019 at 2:50 in the afternoon at the lakeshore general hospital in the West Island of Montreal. Born in 1930 in Lodi Italy, he was 88 years old leaving three children, seven grandchildren and one great grand child. All whom knew him are welcome to celebrate his life May 4th at noon at the Belvedere Funeral Complex. Please sign the guest book, you are encouraged to write any memories you have of Ennio. May he finally rest in peace...

Guestbook 

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Sue Carter 

Entered April 23, 2019

I loved both your parents very much. They were awesome. May they Rest In Peace, together again❤️

Linda Belanger (family friend)

Entered April 23, 2019 from ottawa

I remember your dad from my early childhood.
Handsome, proud, and kindhearted...

He purchased my dad's blue firebird car back in 1972...with his aviator sunglasses he drove off into the sunset! Cool memory 😊

Debbie Douglass (Friend)

Entered April 23, 2019 from Kirkland

So sorry Martine my heart goes out to you and your family!

Freddy Brass (Friend)

Entered April 23, 2019 from DDO

Condolences to the entire family

Rachel Gabbay (Friend)

Entered April 23, 2019 from DDO

My sincere condolences to the entire family. May his memory be a blessing

Life Stories 

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Casazza Mark (Son)

Entered April 23, 2019

This is the story of Ennio Casazza
It is with great sadness that I write this but at the same time so happy to know and express the wonderful story of his life. We all know him as Mr. C or Nonno and sometimes Scemo. He was liked by everyone, he loved meet and talke to people, both ones he knew and some he just met for the first time. He had so much love for his family. and friends.
His story begins in Italy 1930 in a small town called Lodi, a city in Lombardy, northern Italy, on the western bank of the River Adda. It’s a district very close to Milano. He then moved to Via Lussinpiccolo a street in Milano in the Montalbino district where he went to school and grew up . His youth was hard, he told me stories of the war. One when he was fifteen years old of having to fetch the family rations of bread riding his bicycle along the country road while dodging the bullets from the solders across the fields. Another time he said he waited hopeless as he heard the whistling of a falling bomb that would then land in the tree behind their house. He had a younger brother and an older sister, hard times to say the least.
During his young adult hood he traveled to Rio De Janeiro and ended up living in Sao Paulo for bit, he told me that he went to purchase a car for someone and ended up staying there for a bit. I always told him to write a book of his travels and adventures. He met my mother on one of his travels to Belgium in his early twenties. They dated and soon fell in love and were planning to come to Canada. He made his maiden voyage in 1957 at the age of 27 with a few dollars in his pocket. He boarded the Carinthia - Cunard from Liverpool to Halifax where he then came to Montreal to find work and set up life for them in Canada. I remember him saying at one time he had seven dollars in his pocket. In 1958 they came back to settle here and they were married in Montreal on May 8th 1958 he was 28 years old. They soon after settled in a middle class suburb in east Toronto, the Markham area and then spent the next thirteen years raising three children Patrizia, Martine and Mark, working hard and making many friends. About thirteen years later my father had a once in a lifetime offer to work in Montreal and without hesitation they moved here and stayed in the West Island for the next 45 years. He was a great cook and a good provider but most of all he loved cars, tinkering with them and fixing them all the time. He made all kinds of makeshift things like automated sprinklers to water his vegetable and herb garden, lights and switches for ventalation fans and home renovations. He was conservative, not a big risk taker in his older years and did everything by the book, if you were honest and forthright you were his friend for life. He loved all little kids but especially his grand kids and he was so fortunate to have met his first great grand child.
He will be so greatly missed by every one. His amazing legacy is the great family he created, we will live on and remember him in all our hearts.
Ennio Casazza
June 28th 1930 - April 14th 2019

Patrizia Casazza (Daughter)

Entered April 23, 2019

Most of us knew Dad, Ennio, Mr. C., Nonno personally and some knew of him only through his wife, children, grandchildren and or a friend. We all mourned as we learned about this outstanding man’s passing. The outpouring of heartfelt condolences and sorrowful comments bears witness to a life well-lived and well-shared. Dad was a bon vivant. He loved his family, friends and his life. We all mourned because we knew the world was greatly diminished with Dad’s passing.
We all understand that the hole in the hearts of Dad’s family will never be filled. No day will pass without the interruption of a sweet memory of a young man, husband, father, uncle and friend - the smell of his cologne, the feel of his hand, the looks that only a family member can instantly interpret, feel, and appreciate as well as the pride he had for his family. We can only hope and pray that with the passage of time, the emptiness and pain that we now feel will slowly be separated by longer respites provided by the duties of our everyday lives. This being written; however, we never forget and always remember you Dad, today and forever. You will live on in all our hearts, souls and lives, a part of the tapestry you created, each thread woven in all the right places. Your grandchildren and great grandchild and more to come, will carry-on your legacy.

For everyone else, history teaches that the pain will fade quicker. Your own lives and your own families and the duties of each day will ensure that you do not dwell too long in the family’s current shared sadness. This is understandable. I do, however, have a unique opportunity for you, as a tribute to Dad, that you can make a permanent part of your lives, should you so wish.
Each year after April 14th, 2019, would you think of and pray for Dad and his family. Not in a quick whisper before a meal but in with purposeful, thoughtful remembrance.
Please join us, his Family, on May 4th, 2019 to remember Ennio Casazza in a true Tribute and Celebration of his life.
We live on through you Dad, and you will always be living through us, your family.
Until we meet you again Daddy, in the presence of God, it is the only tribute I can offer.
Your Pat xxoo

Patrizia Casazza - Daughter

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