This website is created for our loved one, Fred Campitelli. It is to share and appreciate his life amongst his family, friends, and those that knew him.
Alfredo John Campitelli
November 13, 1935 to November 30, 2013
Family and friends will be received at Highland Funeral Home (10 Cachet Woods Court in Markham 905-887-8600) on Thursday December 5 and Friday December 6, from 2:00-4:00pm and 7:00-9:00pm.
The Funeral mass will be at Our Lady of Grace Parish (15347 Yonge Street in Aurora 905-727-4594) on Saturday December 7, at 10:30am.
The burial will take place at Highland Hills Memorial Gardens (12492 Woodbine Avenue in Gormley 905-888-0729).
In his 78th year, a life cut short in a long, courageous battle with cancer, Fred passed away quietly on Saturday evening, November 30th, 2013. His last weeks and hours were spent in the company of his large and loving family who will all miss his enormous presence in their lives. By his side through the days of suffering, his wife Margaret will take comfort that his pain is gone and that his love for her is eternal.
Fred's story began in a small farmhouse on Kennedy Road in Scarborough junction, the 2nd of 5 children of Tonino and Amalia Campitelli. His life certainly did not follow a quiet and sedentary path. In these short years Fred was an integral part of the success of the business legacy built by him and his brothers, which spanned two generations. Together, with his beloved wife Margaret, he carved out a place in this world for his large and loving family, and he spent countless hours amassing innumerable friends. Ultimately, he never ventured far from his roots on the farm as he spent his happiest times in his cottage garden at Lake Simcoe.
His charitable contributions to his church, his time, effort and leadership with the Lion's Club and his constant help and support of his staff, his friends and his family, will be his legacy. His energy for life was unsurpassed, his determination in business was without equal, and the size of his heart was immeasurable.
Fred never got over the loss of his daughter, Carla, and in these last few years his heart was heavy with that sadness. He took much comfort and joy in the time he was able to spend with her children and all his grandchildren until he, himself, had to face the ravages of the same disease. Together they will now watch over their family and loved ones who will struggle with their loss in the days to come.
Fred, beloved husband of Margaret (Clinkinboomer), loving father of Anthony (Judy), Lenny (Dina), Michael, the late Carla (Nick), Linda (Kevin), cherished Nonno of Nadia, Erica, Daniella (Marcus), Marco, Lisa, Alfredo, Alisha, Joseph, Joshua, Juliette, Elliott, Ellenora, and devoted BisNonno of Hudson and Lincoln. Fred will be missed by his brothers, John (Lena), Bruno (Diane), his sisters, Mary ( late Claudio), and Vira (George), his sister-in laws Evelyn, Nellie, Penny, Gertrude, and brother-in-laws Horace and Harold. His many nieces and nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews are heartbroken at his loss. A special thanks to Dr. Alan Toguri of Scarborough General Hospital and Flora Supan for their devotion and care to Fred.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to The Children's Wish Foundation, in memory of Fred Campitelli, at www.childrenswish.ca.
Dear Family, Friends and Fellow Adversaries,
I am Linda Campitelli, the youngest child of Alfredo (Fred, Freddie) Campitelli. If you are reading this then at some time in your life or a loved one’s life there has been a relationship or encounter with my dad, Fred. I would imagine or hope that you also know by now, that he has fallen very ill and may even leave us at some point soon. If you know my dad then you also know that he completed his academic education up to grade 8 and then began working his father’s farm. My dad always spoke about a desire he had to further his education and this lifetime desire had a lot of influence on the choices he made in life. My dad often spoke about how important it is to write down and record events in one’s life and at this time I feel that I can act upon his interest. I would like to create an on-line timeline or biography of my father’s life. I would like to create a web page dedicated to the life of my father that could be updated over periods of time.
I am asking for your help in creating this documentation. It would be great if you could please share on this website a short description of a time shared with my dad, a memory or a story. If you could accompany this description with a scanned photograph it would be a really nice complement to the timeline and it would be much appreciated. If you have more than one memory, photograph, video, or songs that you could add here would be incredibly awesome as well.
And, why you may ask, have I addressed this to fellow adversaries, well, in the course of my father’s life and still now he has no doubt offended many with his actions and words. If I were to document a true biography of my father’s life it must also include some of those times or stories as well. We must not ignore that our lives are about the good times, the bad, the funny and the ugly.
If you could do this in a rather speedy fashion it would also be appreciated. However, my plan is to continue to update this website for years to come, so by all means please send any memories you have at any time going forward.
I ask that you include your full name and the connection you have to my father. It is also important that you do your best at remembering an approximate date of the event or memory and provide that as well. And, if you happen to be sending a photograph, please indicate the place, the names of the people within the photo and an approximate date of the photograph.
Thank you very much for the contribution you have had to my father’s life and subsequently to my life as well. And, thank you for any time that you can invest into this.
If you need assistance in putting your story on this website, please just email me the story and I will add it here for you.
Take care and may God bless you,
Linda Campitelli
P.S. Please forward this website to anyone else that might be able to share a memory involving my father. In addition, if you can translate this message in Italian for me and perhaps forward an email to relatives or friends in Italy that would be greatly appreciated.