Mr. Bruno Dominic Bornino

Bruno Dominic Bornino February 25, 1922 – June 2, 2010 resident of Carlsbad, California. Bruno passed away on the morning of Tuesday June 2, 2010. He was one of four children born to the late Saverio and Filomena Bornino. He was born in Ravenna, Ohio and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a veteran of World War II serving his country for three years, in the medical corps of Africa and Italy. While serving in Naples, Italy, he met his wife Anna Maria De Simone. They were married on June 27, 1945. During his long working career he worked for the IRS, and then the United States Air Force as a civilian contract negotiator and as head of the Small Business Bureau-Western Branch. Upon his retirement from civil service he worked as a stock-broker for several years. Besides his wife of nearly 65 years, he leaves behind four children, Anna Maria Glusac, Bruno Bornino Jr., Denise Maryse Dorin, and Carla Rose Smith, and their spouses, thirteen grandchildren and sixteen great-grandchildren. Bruno is survived by two brothers, James and Joseph Bornino, and his sister Rose Montagnese as well as many other loving family members and friends. Bruno enjoyed playing pinochle with friends, watching western, murder-mystery, or political television programs, going to musical plays, being with his family, dancing a hearty polka, and playing a challenging game of solitaire. Bruno was known as a “strong man with a soft heart,� and he touched many people with his selfless generosity. Friends and family are invited to attend the memorial services, which will be held this week at the following locations: Rosary: Thursday, June 10, 2010 – 7:00 P.M. at El Camino Memorial, Encinitas Funeral Mass: Friday, June 11, 2010 – 9:30 A.M. at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, Carlsbad Internment: Friday, June 11, 2010 – 12:30 P.M. at Murrieta Cemetery, Murrieta In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.