Catherine Schiaffino

Catherine A. “Chi Chi” Schiaffino, 79, of Kenosha, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2010, at St. Catherine’s Medical Center from respiratory complications. Catherine was the daughter of the late Anthony “Tony” and Letitia (Maoli) Pezzin. She was born on May 6, 1931, in Highland Park, IL. On March 1, 1975, she married Eugenio “Gino” A. Schiaffino, who preceded her in death on August 26, 2010. She attended Kenosha Schools and graduated from Mary D. Bradford High School in 1949. She was first employed at Coopers as a seamstress, was a past president of the Kenosha Alpine Club Ladies Auxiliary, and after raising a family, enjoyed many years of employment as a nurse’s aide at Kenosha Memorial Hospital. In retirement, she devoted many hours of volunteer work doing basic financial advising through the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. In her spare time, Catherine enjoyed reading classic literature, cooking, traveling, and gardening. She had a passion for learning and was especially fond of spending time engaging family and friends in deep conversation. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and in recent years she enjoyed attending functions at the Kenosha Senior Citizen’s Center. She is survived by her sister, Virginia Peters and her half –brother, Oscar Meller; three children, Marie (Edward) Tovo, Tom Ceschin, and Tony (Linda) Ceschin; three step children, Eugene Schiaffino, Joseph (Karen) Schiaffino, and Gilda (Roger) Smith; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and also many cousins, nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 28th, at the Proko Funeral Home from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. and also on Wednesday at the funeral home from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Following the visitation on Wednesday there will be a committal service at Green Ridge Cemetery.Proko Funeral Home & Crematory5111-60th StreetKenosha, WI 53144Phone: (262) 654-3533Visit Catherine’s Online Memorial Book at:www.prokofuneralhome.com