Obituary of GIOVANNA CARMELA ELIASS

GIOVANNA (Jean) CARMELA ELIASS

(Nee CANTAFIO)

With great sadness we announce the passing of Giovanna (Jean) Eliass, mother and Aunt on Saturday December 19,2020 at Middlechurch Personal Care Home. She was 92 years of age.

Giovanna was born on June 12, 1928 in Transcona. Eldest of 5 children. She worked at Canada West Shoe Factory before she married, then later moved to a home with farm land on Henderson Highway. Giovanna was a hard worker, and worked in her huge garden and also worked for local farmers picking their crops. She would spend hours canning in the fall and loved to cook and bake and was very good at it. She always had a smile on her face, never complained or asked for anything and always grateful for what she had. Giovanna was a kind and giving person. She had lived at the Middlechurch Personal Care Home since 2014.

Giovanna was predeceased by her parents Antonia and Francesco Cantafio, sisters Mattea Altomare and Gilda Porco, brothers Tommaso Cantafio and George A. Cantafio in infancy, brothers in-law Carmine Altomare and Gabriele Porco, sister in-law Ann Cantafio and nephews Frank Altomare and Harry Bakema.

Giovanna leaves to mourn and cherish her memory her son Darren, her nieces Roseanna Bakema and Gina Calesso (Renato) and nephew Christopher Calesso, nephews Blair (Suzanne) Cantafio, Dale (Gretchen) Cantafio and family, Brent (Sonia) Cantafio and family and numerous cousins in Winnipeg, Vancouver, the United States and Italy.

We would like to thank all the Staff on the second Floor of Unit D at Middlechurch Personal Care home for the kindness and care they gave Giovanna over the past six years.

A private family service will take place. Family and friends may watch service livestreamed on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. Watch by clicking the "Livestream" link on the left side of this page (drop down menu if on mobile), or on oneroomstreaming.com with the following credentials.

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If friends so desire donations may be made in Giovanna's memory to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Manitoba or the Kidney Foundation.