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Vincenzo Sarta
March 2, 1921 - January 11, 2016
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<div itemprop="description">The Yesterdays of my Father <br />Yesterday in 1921 my father was born in poverty in the sunny, warm hills of Sicily <br />Growing up, he must have been hungry during the time of the Great Depression. But that yesterday showed him how to work the bounty of the land where he developed his love for farming. <br />When the dark cloud of war descended on the world my father was 20. He went to fight in the war as a soldier and later became a prisoner of war in North Africa. His mind must have been filled with fear and doubt about the future. He never wanted to talk about these experiences. <br />The yesterdays of his 25th year were brighter. The war was over and it was a time to rebuild. Eventually he would meet my mother, get married and start a family -- joyful days for sure but he struggled to find work to support his family. <br />On a hopeful yesterday when he was 31, he started searching for a better life and a prosperous future. It was a difficult and sad decision but he would leave his pregnant wife and a 4 year old daughter to go to Canada. These were the yesterdays of adventure in a new world but mostly of hope as his new life unfolded. <br />Yesterday in 1953, it was happiness with the reunion with his wife, the daughter he left behind almost 1 year ago and the son he had never seen (that would be me). <br />The future brightened with every additional day of hard work. He bought a house, paid for it and then bought his first car. Meanwhile his family grew and he welcomed another son and another daughter. <br />There were yesterdays with new beginnings, prosperity and rewards. As his children married the family grew again. Today the family gatherings include many grandchildren and great grandchildren. <br />Sure enough, there were setbacks along the way which needed to be overcome and there was sorrow for lost family and friends. None was greater than the sorrow he felt when he lost his soul mate of 61 years. After all, he did everything with her and suddenly on that yesterday in 2008 she was gone. He was lost, lonely and sad. <br />Then yesterday, sometime after this loss, he became sick &ndash; slowly, harshly and totally. <br />It caused all the yesterdays that were the essence of him to become meaningless. This horrible disease took all those yesterdays scrambled them and disconnected them from his memory. Imagine living today with no knowledge of yesterday, around family you no longer recognize. Imagine being fearful of someone trying to help you. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Papa and Nonno : Yesterday, we watched as you were taking your last breath. Your whole family loves you and tomorrow we will not forget those yesterdays which you forgot. <br />Your children: <br />- Bessie and her husband Sebastian <br />- Michael and his wife Tina <br />- Santo and his wife Barb <br />- Mary and her husband Joe <br />Your Grandchildren <br />- Ida and her husband Tony <br />- Joseph and his wife Tina, <br />- Andrew and his wife Neeta <br />- Paul and his wife Romina <br />- Vince and his girlfriend Amanda <br />- Josephine and her boyfriend David <br />- Laura and her boyfriend Luis <br />- Sebastian <br />- Luca <br />Your Great Grandchildren <br />- Cassandra <br />- Stephanie <br />- Joseph <br />- Aasha <br />- Julian <br />- Madeline <br />- Alessia <br /> <br /></div>