Oreste and Luigia Favali

In 1913 Palmizio Oreste Favali  worked in the Virginia / North Carolina coal mines. Then he his way to Summerland to see his brother in law, Pietro Lenzi.  He moved on to Kelowna where he had a small farm and worked for the Orsi / Guidi plaster and stucco busineses.  He married Luigia Lenzi who came to Kelowna in 1929.   Here they raised their five children: Frank (Elsie Comazzetto), Mike (Marjorie Thomson), Lawrence (Helen), and Marita (Ernesto Comazzetto).  Son Roy died at a young age.