ELIZABETH (NEE SCHULLO) CAMILLI
Elizabeth (nee Schullo) Camilli, age 88, formerly of Plymouth, Wis., passed away early Saturday morning, Nov. 21, 2009, at Manor Care West in Green Bay, where she had been a resident for the last seven years.
She was born April 4, 1921 in Cumberland, Wis., daughter of the late Anthony and Lucy (DeVito) Schullo. She attended Cumberland area grade schools and graduated from Cumberland High School in 1939.
On Oct. 27, l941, she married Dante Camilli in Cumberland, Wis. The couple lived in Cumberland for six years after their marriage before moving to Campbellsport in 1947 and then to Plymouth in 1956.
She provided child-care for many different families in the Plymouth area for 13 years.
She was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Plymouth, and belonged to the Christian Mothers Society in the church.
She was a Girl Scout leader in Campbellsport and Plymouth and a 4-H leader. She also belonged to the Rocky Knoll Auxiliary.
Survivors include two sons, Charles (Priscilla) Camilli of Milwaukee, Wis., and Thomas (Karen) Camilli of Green Bay, Wis.; two daughters, Mary (Mark) Lanners of Eden Prairie, Minn., and Lucie (Glen) Seidenglanz of Oconomowoc, Wis.; six grandchildren: Michael (Laurie) Camilli of Eden Prairie, Laura Camilli (friend, Tim Yanasak) of Milwaukee, Peter (Theresa) Camilli of Columbia, S.C., Joseph Camilli of Green Bay, Anna Lanners of Eden Prairie and Chris Camilli of Milwaukee; three great-granddaughters, Nina, Julia and Maria; one great-grandson, Charlie; and one brother-in-law, Robert Catlin of Cumberland.
She was also preceded in death by three brothers, Louis, Henry and John; and three sisters, Christine, Angie and Evelyn.
Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, at Suchon Funeral Home in Plymouth. Father Wayne Bittner will officiate. Cremation has taken place and inurnment will be in St. Anthony’s Catholic Cemetery in Cumberland.
Friends may call at the Suchon Funeral Home in Plymouth on Friday from 5 p.m. until the time of the services. A memorial Mass will be held at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Cumberland, Wis., at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.
Friends may call at the church
from 10 a.m. Saturday until the time of services.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund is being established in Elizabeth’s name for the Alzheimer’s Association or the Eisenhower Center Inc. in Milwaukee.
The Suchon Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Plymouth is serving her family. For online condolences, please visit www.suchonfh.com.
