Kenneth-Giovannetti-Obituary

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Kenneth J. Giovannetti

Mar 12, 1927 - May 16, 2024

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Thinking of you and your family and the warm welcome you always provided when I would visit. Thankful for having known you Mr Giovannetti...

Mr. Giovannetti will always be a big part of my childhood memories, kind and patient and welcoming, even though he had so many children, he was gracious enough to include me in many Giovannetti family adventures. Thank you so much Mr Giovannetti!

Ken, you were a loving wonderful man. You were always so kind to my mom. You will be missed.

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I am sorry for the loss of your dad. He was truly an amazing person, and wonderful father. My favorite memory was when he first came down after his retirement. It was a really nice spring day and I took him out to play golf. He told me that he had not played all winter, but none the less he was hitting the ball really well. When we finished the 18th green he ask me "would like play nine more" That was the best twenty seven holes of golf in my life.

Uncle Ken was one of the "White Hats", one of the good guys! He was my Uncle & God Father, he had a wonderful sense of humor. I vividly recall our conversations when we made our usual $1.00 bet for the Notre Dame vs. Purdue Games. I would ask for 14 points and he would remind me I was just like my Dad. In visiting him & Aunt Barbara, we would go to their favorite Prime Rib place. What alot of people don't know was he was one of the supervising Engineers for Amoco and he over saw alot of the...

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Kenneth J. Giovannetti, age 97, of Lynwood, IL, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024.  Beloved husband of Lorraine Pawola-Giovannetti.  Loving father of Janice (Paul Morey) Giovannetti, Kenneth (Edith) Giovannetti, Richard (Cathy) Giovannetti, the late Robert Giovannetti, the late Donald...

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