Fortuna (nee Nigro) MELILLO

Fortuna (nee Nigro) MELILLO

MELILLO, Fortuna (nee Nigro)

Born in Avellino, Prov. Avellino, Italy on September 20, 1938. Passed away peacefully in Adelaide, South Australia on September 8, 2020. Aged 81 years. Dearly beloved wife of Modestino for 55 years. Loving and devoted mother and mother-in-law of Amalia and Domenico Princi, Giuliana and Richard DelCol, Elizabeth and Nathan Russo. Loved and adored Nonna of Stephanie, Giuseppe, Deanna, Annalise, Claudio, Mia, Dior, Dante and Massimo. Dearly loved by all her family and friends in Australia and Italy. Fortuna will be sadly missed and forever in our hearts. If tears could build a stairway and memories were a lane, I would walk right up to Heaven and bring you back again. No farewell words were spoken, no time to say goodbye. You were gone before I knew it and only God knows why. My heart still aches in sadness and secret tears still flow. What it meant to lose you no one will ever know. But now I know you want me to mourn for you no more to remember all the happy times. Life still has much in store since you’ll never be forgotten. I pledge to you today, a hallowed place within my heart is where you’ll always stay. Your loving husband Modestino We cried when you passed away. We still cry today. Although we loved you dearly we couldn’t make you stay. A golden heart stopped beating, hard working hands at rest. God broke our hearts to prove, he only takes the best. From your loving daughters Amalia, Giuliana, Elizabeth and sons-in-law Domenico, Richard and Nathan. Let this be a loving reminder that someone is missing today, someone our hearts still hold on to. As we travel along life’s way, someone who made life so special for all those who gather here. Someone who won't be forgotten but cherished from year to year, and now as we pause to remember let us all fondly recall how dearly each of us loved her and oh… how she loved us all. Ciao Nonna, Ti Vogliamo Bene. Stephanie, Giuseppe, Deanna, Annalise, Claudio, Mia, Dior, Dante and Massimo.

Riposi in Pace