Fioravante Conti P.E.

Fioravante Conti, P.E.
of Vestal
Fioravante Conti, P.E., 84, of Vestal, died Friday, July 18, 2008, at his home. He was predeceased by his parents, Maria and Antonio Conti; his sisters, Rose Novello, Filomena Novello and Anna D'Onofrio. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Tina Conti, Vestal; his children, Maria and Jeff Upperman, Southlake, Tex., Rita and Russell Keller, Rochester, Dr. Roger and Marlette Conti, Vestal; eight grandchildren, Gina, Vincent, Carla, Alessandra, Juliana, Stephen, Charles and Martina; a brother, Dr. Felice and Elisa Conti, Vasto, Italy; special sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews. He was a founding member of St. Vincent de Paul Church, Vestal. He was born in Carunchio, Italy. He received his Civil Engineering Doctorate degree from the University of Naples. After working in Tripoli, Libya, where he met his wife, Tina, they imigrated to Endicott in 1958. Fiore worked as a Civil Engineer until he retired from Shumaker Consulting Engineers. He was a lifetime member of the P.E. Society.
A Funeral Mass will be offered at St. Vincent de Paul Church, Vestal, Tuesday at 11 a.m. Entombment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Johnson City. The family will receive friends at the J.A. McCormack Sons Funeral Home, 141 Main Street, Binghamton, Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy in memory of Fiore may be made to Lourdes Hospice, 4102 Old Vestal Rd., Vestal, N.Y. 13850 or Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, 25 Mill St., Binghamton, N.Y. 13903.