TITLE: Catherine Nina Petillo, Obituary, April 20, 2001 SUBMITTERS: Journal Inquirer Manchester,CT (issue April 25, 2001) FORMATTED: ABishop, May 2001 ***************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://files.usgwarchives.net/ct//ctfiles.htm ***************************************************** ******************************************************************************************** Catherine Nina Petillo Catherine Nina Petillo, 95, of North Conway, N.H., died Friday, April 20, 2001. Born in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the fifth child of eight children, she married the late Frank Petillo and had two sons, Ralph and Albert. Frank came to the United States with the Swiss Orchestra at the World's Fair in 1939, but the war made it impossible to return. Nina found a job as a cook, and remained to raise her two sons. After the war the family was reunited in New York and settled in North Conway. Nina was employed at the Glenwood-On-the-Saco Inn and Stonehurst Manor before becoming the head housekeeper at the Eastern Slope Inn, where she also trained many seasonal employees. She was a faithful member of Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church and its choir. She also sang in the Eastern Slope Chorus. She and her husband were avid mountain hikers, both here and abroad, and were able to keep up hiking well into their seventies. She is survived by a son, Ralph and his wife, Roscille, of Suffield, and their children, Doree and her husband, Edward Voychick, Darlene and her husband, Thomas McCauley, Daniel Petillo and his wife, Liz, and Douglas Petillo and his wife, Flora; a daughter-in-law, Juliette of Arizona and her children, Peter Petillo and his wife, Mary Beth, Marie and her husband, Allen Hensley, and Michelle Petillo; nine great-grandchildren, Kasia, Jakob, and John Voychick, Samuel, Spencer, and Maxwell McCauley, Emily Petillo, Nina Alyce Petillo, and Allen Hensley; and many nieces and nephews. She is also survived by an older sister, Marguerite, and a younger brother, Charly, and his wife, Lucienne, all in Switzerland. Nina was predeceased by Frank, her husband of 54 years, and a son, Albert. Her family will receive friends from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Friday, April 27, at the Nicholson & Carmon Funeral Home, 443 East St., (Route 159), Suffield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, Suffield. Burial will be in Our Lady of the Mountain Cemetery, North Conway, later in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of the donor's choice. *************************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://usgwarchives.org *************************************************************************************** The USGenWeb Project makes no claims or estimates of the validity of the information submitted and reminds you that each new piece of information must be researched and proved or disproved by weight of evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification.