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Dolan Funeral Home
106 Middlesex Street
Chelmsford, MA 01863
Phone: (978) 251-4041
Have questions: email
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Mr. Corrado Cigliano
of Nashua, NH a former 45-year resident of Lowell, MA died August 29,
2009, after a courageous battle with cancer, at his daughter’s home in
West Chelmsford, MA. He was married to the late Angela (Esposito)
Cigliano, who passed away in December 1975.
Corrado was born in Naples, Italy on November 1, 1927, the son of the
late Joseph and Flavia (Rendina) Cigliano. He was educated in his
native Italy.
As a teenager in Italy, he found himself in the midst of heavy fighting
and bombardment during World War II. At 15 years of age, he, along with
thousands of other ordinary citizens of Naples, staged an uprising
against the occupying Nazi forces, liberating Naples on September 30,
1943, in advance of Allied forces approaching from the Salerno
beachhead. This event has been recorded as the “Four Days of Naples”
(Le Quattro Giornate di Napoli).
After the war, Corrado married and started a family. Seeking to escape
post-war turmoil and to provide better opportunities for his family,
Corrado moved his young family (Angela, his wife, with son Joseph and
daughter Flavia) to the United States settling in the Highlands
neighborhood in November 1955.
Corrado initially took up work in the then still viable textile
industry in Lowell and eventually took a position at the Polaroid
Corporation in Waltham where he worked until his retirement. After
retirement, he worked seasonally at the IRS in Andover.
He was a self-taught artist who produced a prodigious number of oil and
watercolor works, many of which he gave away to friends and family. He
also enjoyed boating, fishing, hunting, photography, and swimming.
Another great love was traveling. He visited Italy many times and
embarked on numerous cross-country road trips.
He was a communicant of St. John the Evangelist Church in North
Chelmsford, MA. He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Anthony
and Jennifer Cigliano of Lowell, MA, two daughters, Flavia Cigliano and
her husband, William Killilea of West Chelmsford, Sophia and her
husband, Brian Leahey of Lowell a brother Antonio Cigliano of Naples,
Italy, four cherished granddaughters: Angela Killilea, Tess, Francesca
and Sophia Rose Cigliano, many nieces, nephews and close friends.
He was the father of the late Joseph M. Cigliano of Los Angeles, CA,
who died in June 2008, and the brother of the late Maria (Corcoran)
Mangano of Tewksbury, MA, who died in May 1999.
FUNERAL NOTICE
Cigliano, Corrado Cigliano of Nashua, NH formerly a 45-year resident of
Lowell died August 29, 2009. No visiting hours. Funeral Wed. at 10AM
from the DOLAN FUNERAL HOME 106 MIDDLESEX ST. CHELMSFORD, with a
funeral Mass at 11AM at St. John the Evangelist Church, in North
Chelmsford, MA. Burial in Fairview Cemetery, N. Chelmsford. Memorials
may be made in his name to St. John the Evangelist Church Building
Fund, 115 Middlesex Street, North Chelmsford 01863-2030. ARRANGEMENTS
BY DOLAN FUNERAL HOME 978-251-4041.
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