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| Name | Costanzo, Nicholas P. |
| Funeral Home | Acton Funeral Home, date of death May 8, 2011 |
| Age | age 85, |
| Town/City/State | a lifelong Maynard resident and WW II POW, |
| Date of Death/Place/Manner | died Sunday, May 8, 2011 at his son's Bellingham home. |
| DOB/Place/Parents | He was the beloved husband of the late Rose Theresa (Marrazzo) Costanzo, to whom he was married for 59 years at the time of her passing in May, 2007. |
| Education/work/clubs/organizations | Born and raised in Maynard, he was the son of the late Angelo and Mary (Puleo) Costanzo. Mr. Costanzo was remembered as a hard worker throughout his life. As a teenager he attended the Waltham Trade School, studying machinery, woodworking and tool making, and worked as a farm hand at Cavicchio's Farm in Sudbury, planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops. He joined the US Army during WW II, and by the age of 17 was on the front lines in Europe with H Company, 30th Division, 120th Infantry Regiment, Second Battalion. Captured at Mortain, France, he was a POW in Moosberg and spent time in solitary confinement before being liberated. Upon his return to Maynard after the war, Mr. Costanzo volunteered on the Maynard Police Department, and worked construction on the Watertown Arsenal project. He began his career with General Motors in 1948 on the assembly line, moving up to lineman, trainer, and utility man. He loved to cook pizza and pasta dishes, and would often bring hot pepper and fritata dishes to work and send them through with the automobiles during the paint baking process so he and his friends could enjoy a hot dish at the end of the line.
Mr. Costanzo was a member of the former V.F.W. Post # 1812 in Maynard and more recently V.F.W. Post 638 in Hudson. He was also a member of St. Bridget's Parish in Maynard, the Maynard Lodge of Elks, and the Italian Social Club. For over 50 years he marched in Maynard's Memorial Day Parade, and enjoyed bringing his children and grandchildren to the local cemeteries to decorate the graves of veterans. He was very active with his late wife, Rose, in raising funds for the Franciscan Missions and traveling to their locations in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, and for the Divine Word Missions in Ghana. After his retirement the Costanzos traveled worldwide, with the most meaningful trip to revisit France where he was captured as a young soldier. He also enjoyed spending time crafting wooden toys, furniture, and novelty and prank items to entertain family and friends, and it gave him great pleasure to cultivate his garden and provide fresh produce to everyone. Most importantly, he loved his family and was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and uncle. |
| Survivors | He is survived by three children, Donna Bertrand and husband Mark of Fuquay Varina, N.C., David Costanzo and wife Elaine of Taunton, and Robert Costanzo and wife Mary of Bellingham; grandchildren, Heather and Nicholas Costanzo, Andrew and Jessica Bertrand, Joseph, Vincent and Robert Costanzo, and Melissa Felix; great-grandchildren, Anabela and Nicholas Costanzo, and Liam and Hailey Felix; and many nieces, nephews and extended family members. He was the brother of the late Nancy and Antonio Costanzo. |
| Arrangements | Visiting hours were Wed. May 11th from 5-8pm at the Acton Funeral Home, 470 Massachusetts Ave (Rte 111) Acton. The funeral Mass was celebrated Thurs. May 12th at 9am in St. Bridget's Church, 1 Percival St., Maynard, with burial following in Glenwood Cemetery, Great Rd, (Rte 117) Maynard. Those who wish may make memorial contributions in Mr. Costanzo's name to either the American Cancer Society Relay For Life N.E. Division, Attn. Maynard Relay, 9 Riverside Road, Weston, MA. 02493-2281 or on-line at http://www.relayforlife.org/relay or to Wounded Warrior Project, Attn: Donor Services, 7020 AC Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL 32256 or on-line at https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org |
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