Bessie "Moma Craine" Carine

1932 - 2023

Bessie Carine
8/2/1932 3/25/2023

Bessie Carine (Mama Carine) entered eternal rest and went to be with her Lord at the age of 90 on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Bessie was born on August 2, 1932 in Porticello, Sicily. She married Dominic Carine and came over from Provicia, Palermo, Sicily, Italy in 1949 at the age of 17 and joined him in Fort Bragg, California. They worked side by side at the restaurant Dominic had opened in Noyo Harbor on May 9, 1947 known as Carine's Italian Seafood Grotto. Bessie was known to all her family, friends, community, and guests of the restaurant as "Mama Carine." She practiced her English by reading the menu to local fishermen who came in for lunch and graduated Fort Bragg High School in 1950. She loved music and dance, and along with her husband was known to command any dance floor. She is perhaps best known for the love she exemplified and gave to all who knew her. To dine at Carine's meant so much more than just a meal – those who dined in the restaurant were part of the family. When she would travel, she was always running into those who had dined at the restaurant and greeted with love, hugs, and requests for pictures which she happily accommodated with a smile and happy heart. She loved her family with her whole heart and soul, and happily retired in 2015 to spend more time with them.
Bessie is survived by her three of her children: Thomas Carine and his wife Nina and their two children Thomas and Melissa; Anthony Carine and his wife Carolyn; and Grace Strom and her husband Kim Strom with her son William Raley. Her beloved son, Dominic Carine Jr. preceded her in death last year and was survived by his wife LaVaye and their two daughters Sabrina Carine and Stephanie Carine-Valdivia. Family also includes her beloved sister in love, Antonina D'Acquisto and her children Leonardo, Anthony, Salvatore, and Grazia along with cousins Grace Tubbs and Grace Tufi and her nephew Thomas Carine Jr. and niece Lisa Wiley. She also had two sisters and two brothers in Sicily.
A private rosary will be held for family only on Friday, March 31 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church at 7:30 p.m.
Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 1st at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church and is open to the public along with a public reception and Celebration of Life at the church hall following graveside services at Rose Memorial Park. The family welcomes all who knew and loved her to join us for the services on Saturday.