William Joseph Civitillo Sr.

1955 - 2019

William Joseph Civitillo Sr., 63, of West Hartford, CT, died from complications of long term cancer, on Monday January 21, 2019. He was born on May 4, 1955, in Hartford, CT, to Nicholas and Lee Civitillo. He was a graduate of Kingswood-Oxford School, Merrimack College, and received his MBA degree in Finance. He was currently the part owner and President of a third-generation commercial construction company. He was previously on the Board of Trustees, Alumni Council and a Class Agent of Kingswood-Oxford School. He was also previously on the Board of Directors of the Hartford Golf Club, a Trustee of the Westwood Hills Association, a Deacon of Asylum Hill Congregational Church, a member of the 1892 Club, and he served on the Stratton Mountain Safety Patrol for 10 years. His volunteer work included the Visiting Nurse Association, Boy Scouts of America, the Building Committee of Asylum Hill Congregational Church, and scholarship in his industry.His passions besides his devoted family, were sports including lacrosse, skiing, running, sailing, scuba diving, golf, tennis, paddle tennis and squash. He also traveled with his family to all seven continents, many countries worldwide, and skied in the Alps every year for the past several years. He was called "Bill" and "Civi" among his friends, and was best known for his gregarious, caring personality along with his handsome, ever-ready smile and sense of humor.He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Katherine Nancy Sherts Civitillo, and their three children, Whitney of Greenwich, CT, Martha of Stamford, CT, and William, Jr. (Wiggs), of Durham, NC and New York City, with fiancé, Sarah Van Tassel; along with many dear Civitillo and Sherts family members.A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 11:00 AM, at Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Avenue, Hartford, CT, 06105. The burial will be private.Donations in his memory may be made to Hartford Hospital. Taylor & Modeen Funeral Home, West Hartford has care of the of arrangements, so for directions and additional information, please go to www.taylorandmodeen.com.