Richard Carello's Obituary
Richard Carello passed away quietly on July 13th, 2018 at Stanford Medical Hospital in Palo Alto, California. His family was by his side throughout the duration of his illness. Richard leaves his daughter Sharyn M. Vucinich, son-in-law Jeff Vucinich. His spouse Yola E. Carello passed away on June 2nd, 2016.Richard Carello was born on May 31st, 1927 in Great Barrington, MA to Adeline Zarandella Monico Carello and Joseph Carello. He was the youngest of ten children born in the United States and one brother born in Italy plus two children from his father’s first family born in Nice, France.Richard lived with his parents and brothers and sisters on a dairy farm in Great Barrington until he was 3 years old. His family moved from Great Barrington in 1930 to a small farm in Connecticut. He and his older brother Joe attended grammar school in a two room brick school house. After graduating, he attended New Britain Tool and Dye in New Britain Connecticut. Upon Completion he joined the U.S. Navy at the age of 17, which required his parents’ signature.Once he completed Naval Training, he was assigned to the FDR, the largest aircraft carrier in the world at the time. He served most of his military duty following WW2. When he returned home, he met Yola DeRosa through a friend. It was love at first sight and his first words were “She is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen; I’m going to marry her”.They married a couple of years later and Richard decided to buy property in Bristol, Connecticut near Cedar Lake. Richard, Yola and daughter Sharyn lived happily in their new home for many years.Richard was in the plastering and building contract business. He later bought additional property on Wolcott Road just down the Street from their home. The property included a house built in 1724. Rich and Yola spent 5 years working on the restoration of the house and built a greenhouse with a Nursery Store and called it Colonial Nursery.Colonial Nursery was the delight of many customers during the Christmas season. The old house was decorated with white lights and Christmas trees were lined on the front lawn. Rich and Yola made Xmas wreaths and decorations, and their daughter Sharyn helped too. Customers loved to come to the nursery as part of their Xmas celebration to purchase a tree, listen to the music and see the lights and old one-horse sleigh. It was common for snow to fall in December which added to the beauty of the season of Christmas.In the spring, Rich would open the Nursery store and sell flowers, shrubs and vegetables. He began landscaping local properties in Bristol and Wolcott. Rich and Yola attended seminars at the University of Miami to get as much knowledge as possible about agriculture and local plants and trees.Rich took up painting and Abby, his teacher, arranged a special showing of his work. There was an annual display in the Farmington Library in the spring. Relatives and friends gathered to view the many works of local artists and have coffee and cake. It was a delightful way to spend a sunny afternoon.At this time, Sharyn lived in California with her husband Jeff. Rich and Yola visited often and they would take side trips to Carmel and San Francisco. Las Vegas was a regular stop for them.Sharyn made monthly visits to Connecticut to check on her parents’ living situation, take them for doctors’ visits and make sure bills were paid. On occasion, she would meet the cleaning lady there to insure everything was going well. When time allowed they all enjoyed a dinner with family. Finally, Rich and Yola decided to relocate to California because they enjoyed it so much.Approximately six years ago, Sharyn, Jeff, Yola and Rich hopped a plane from Connecticut and flew to San Francisco. Rich and Yola remained in California with Sharyn and Jeff. They referred to life there as “la dolce vita”.“We were so lucky to have them with us for this time. We cherished life and thanked God for our good fortune.” We celebrated every holiday and talked about the subject matter related to each one. My mother-in-law and father-in-law joined us for holidays and Sundays when possible. We became a family unit. Weekdays we gathered for lunch or dinner at a local restaurant, and sometimes we just hung around the mall or rode along highway 1 to see the view of the mountains and Pacific Ocean.On July 13th, my dad passed away in Stanford Hospital. His funeral took place on July 19th at Skylawn Memorial Park. His burial was celebrated with a military ceremony. My mom’s life was also celebrated again, as the two of them were re-joined in the Veteran’s section for a final prayer and salute. Together forever, they were buried in the Veteran’s cemetery on Skylawn Memorial Park.The end of a beautiful romance and the beginning of their love joined together for eternity.“Mom and Dad, we love you both and shall miss you every single day of our lives.”Your daughter,Sharyn
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