Filippa Carrubba Lo Dico

Dear Josie and Dino and family. My sincere condolences for the loss of your mother, our thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family, may she rest in peace 🙏

I would like to express my deepest sympathies to the entire family for this great loss.
I would like to send you strength to get through this difficult time.
Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside and continue to live in us everyday.
Unseen, unheard but always near and always dear.
My prayers and condolences to the family.

Ciao Zia Fifa fai buon viaggio.
Mi ricorderò per sempre di te, della tua calorosa accoglienza e del tuo amore verso la famiglia.

Giacomo

Dear families Lo Dico & Carrubba,

Please accept my sincere condolences.

Zia Filippa was an incredible woman who was not shy when it came to help. I remember her welcome, advice and help upon my arrival in Canada. Although we did not meet often through the years, when the opportunity arose, each meeting was as if time had not passed.

I want to share a memory that marked me.
It was a beautiful Saturday in January 1994, sunny and extremely cold for a South American, Zia Filippa and Zio Angelo came home and installed curtains on our bare windows that we had covered with newspaper to maintain a little privacy.
Very energetically, they took 2 chairs, a few tools and in a matter of minutes they installed new curtains for us that had been with us for several years.
We never mentioned the obvious need for curtains, and that didn’t stop her from wanting to fill that need. Giving of your own time was for me giving a little of her own life that Saturday, and I will forever treasure this simple action.

Spontaneity and sincerity characterized her before my eyes.
Without demanding anything from me, I always felt welcome despite my small vocabulary.

The Bible tells us in Proverbs 31:10-31 about a woman like Zia Filippa.

10 An excellent wife, who can find her?
For her worth is far above jewels.
11 The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
12 She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
13 She looks for wool and linen,
And works with her hands in delight.
14 She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
15 And she rises while it is still night
And gives food to her household,
And portions to her attendants.
16 She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
17 She surrounds her waist with strength
And makes her arms strong.
18 She senses that her profit is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
20 She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
22 She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
23 Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
24 She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
25 Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
26 She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
27 She watches over the activities of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
28 Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
29 “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
31 Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.

From Calgary,
Gabriel R.

Zia speciale unica. Che il Signore Gesù l’accolga nel suo regno assieme ai suoi cari che l’anno preceduta. Ti abbraccio Zia

I am deeply sorry for your loss and my thoughts and prayers are with you all. She was formidable and passionate!
My children and I will miss her, and I can never forget her benevolence and devotion to her family.
May she rest in peace!

My deepest sympathies to Zio Angelo and my Lodico cousins. I will miss my aunt Filippa who was like a second mother to me. Always a warm encounter when we visited each other.
Until we meet again.

Our sincere condolences for the loss of a great lady.May she rest in peace.She will be greatly missed by all. We love her and will miss her.