Andy Mattioda and Helen Walker

Andrew (Andy) Peter Mattioda was born in 1921, in Grandforks, BC, to Pietro Domenico Mattioda and Giuseppina Vittoria Antonietta. He was the second of three children. Andy was 25 at the time the family moved to Kelowna, BC, in 1946. Here, the family farmed on  Benvoulin Road for many years until the land was sold. 

In 1954, Andy met Helen Eleanor Walker.  Helen was working at the Packing House at the time. They married in 1956. They had three children: a son, Wayne, and daughters, Brenda and Linda. Andy and Helen built their forever home at the north end of Kelowna. 

Andy worked for the City of Kelowna for many years until his retirement. He loved to fish, tinker, and build things in his garage. Helen had a job as a switchboard operator at Okanagan Telephone until she started working in retail. She loved to sew and garden. They both had a love for dancing.  
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On February 10, 1994 Andrew Peter Mattioda passed away at the age of 72 years old. Helen Eleanor Mattioda  passed away  October 23, 2022 at the age of 88. 

Contributed by Linda Mattioda Anderson, daughter