CATTONI, Bruno

Aged 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday April, 22 2023.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend a funeral liturgy for Bruno at 10am Friday April 28, St Patrick’s Church,18 Abbott Street, Ingham. The service will be followed by the burial at Ingham Cemetery. Please join us in celebrating Bruno’s life after this at the Station Hotel, 91 Cartwright Street, Ingham.

Bruno was born in Ingham in 1931, the second son to parents Gino (Luigino) Cattoni and Pierina Accornero, who, along with many other immigrants from Italy, made Ingham their home in the 1920’s. Bruno regaled us with tales of his early life, which included adventures with his older brother Victor, who passed away on the same date as Bruno, thirteen years earlier in 2010.

Husband of Fay Cattoni, and father to eight children - Patrick (deceased), Victoria, Jan, Mary, Rita, Paula, John and Louise, Bruno was also the grandfather to eight – Sarah, Jessica, Matthew, Vincent, Ray, Jorge, Frankie and Lou, and recent great-grandfather of Rafferty.

Bruno was a well-loved and respected member of the Ingham community with an amazingly positive attitude to life. His unshakeable positivity was challenged with his and Fay’s greatest loss, the death of their first-born son, Patrick, at two years of age. He later survived a plane crash which left him with lifelong scarring, yet it deterred him from nothing including flying again.

Bruno will be sadly missed by family, friends, colleagues, and the many others whose lives he touched.

We would like to thank Dr Stewart Jackson and Dr Alan Poggio for their care leading up to his admission, and the nursing and medical staff at Ingham Hospital for their kindness, support and commitment to keeping Bruno comfortable in his final days.

Rest in Peace Bruno.