Ernest Nelio Costa

He was born in Vancouver on September 23, 1935 to Luigi and Amabile (Calcagnotto) Costa, the youngest of their eight children.

Ernest, or Ernie to his family and friends, attended David Livingstone Elementary and later King Edward High School, both in Vancouver, before beginning a 37 year career at BC Tel in 1956. He was a patient and accomplished artist and woodworker whose works filled his home. He was an avid reader of everything from history and the classics to spy novels and comics, and was an artful and attentive if occasionally frustrated gardener. Ernie loved to work with his hands and could fix and do almost anything, do them well, at all times placing the needs of others before his own.

Ernie was predeceased by his brothers Peter (Dora), Silvestro (June), Lloyd (Patricia), Paul, and his sister Severina (Myron). He is survived by Clara, his loving wife of 55 years, their son Kenneth (Sonia) and two grandchildren Joseph and Caroline, his brothers Silvio (Cleopatra) and Luigino, many nieces and nephews, and many much-loved friends and neighbors. A Memorial Service for Ernie will be held at Hamilton Harron Funeral Home, 5390 Fraser Street in Vancouver on Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 11:00am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a modest donation be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada in Ernie’s memory.

For more information please contact Hamilton Harron Funeral Home - 604-325-7441.

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