Marita Favali and Ernesto Comazzetto

Marita and Ernesto Comazzetto

Marita Domenica Favali was the third child of Luigia and Palmizio.  What a beautiful name for their only daughter. Marita was born in Kelowna, BC, on October 21, 1930.  Her mother, Luigia, and two brothers, Frank and Mike, had been recently reunited with her father, Palmizio. 

We believe that Marita attended school longer than her two older brothers, Frank and Mike, but we are not certain.  She worked at the Kelowna Packing House.  By now, the family had moved out of the house on St. Paul Street and into the house on Richter Street.  While Marita was visiting her brother, Frank, in Kamloops, she met her future husband, Ernesto Comazzetto.  Marita and Ernie were married May 9, 1959 in Kamloops, BC.  They raised two children; Robert born 1960 and Teresa born 1961. 
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After the death of her father, Palmizio, Marita took her mother, Luigia, to live with them in Kamloops.  Marita worked as a cook at Harold’s Family Restaurant and ran the vegetable and fruit stand in the summer.  Ernie worked on the CP Railway and was a vegetable farmer.  

Both were very active in the Italian community in Kamloops; Ernie was a member of the Colombo Lodge Society and Marita was a member of the Royal Purple.  Making sausages and head cheese, as well as wine in the basement of their home, was a yearly occurrence.  Like the example before them, no one ever left the Comazzetto household empty handed.  Marita was a famous cook and everyone enjoyed her hospitality.  

They both lived in their home until their passing.  Ernie passed away July 21, 2001 and Marita passed away on August 24, 2015.  Both Marita and Ernie are interred in the Hillside Cemetery in Kamloops, B.C.

Contributed by Teresa Hanna, daughter.