Dino Lino Fontana

Dino L. Fontana, age 86, died Friday, January 22, 2016 at St. John Macomb Hospital in Warren. Mr. Fontana was born November 18, 1929 in Detroit, son of the late Victor A. and the late Jennie L. (nee Ciotti) Fontana.Mr. Fontana worked as a structural engineer in the aviation and automotive industries for many years. He worked for AVRO Canada (an aviation company headquartered in Canada) in their military support division. He also served as a structural engineer for Lockheed Aircraft in California. At Lockheed, he was responsible for the designing of the camera system in their Redstone Rocket. Finally, he served as a structural engineer for the automotive giant, Chrysler.As you might imagine for a gentleman who spent the first part of his working career around airplanes, Dino had a sincere love and fascination with airplanes and aviation in general.As a retired engineer, Mr. Fontana liked to keep his mind sharp doing crossword puzzles and solving Sudoku's. He was also one of the millions of us who have enjoyed spending countless hours on the links in pursuit of that elusive "Hole in One." Dino also enjoyed spending his free time bowling. Dino enjoyed almost all sports and was an avid Tigers, Red Wings, Lions, Pro Golf and Professional Bowling fan.Mr. Fontana stayed active as long as his health permitted. The last few years of his life found his health fading and he was unable to maintain his active lifestyle. Despite his diminished health, Dino forced himself to move every day. Each day, Dino would get himself dressed and would drive he and his wife, Clare to their local McDonalds for a trip through the drive-thru. These trips to McDonalds were a testament to what was truly most important to Mr. Fontana, and that was his family. Even though his health was dwindling, he still wanted to do something special for his loving wife. Dino was the loving husband of Clare for 53 years. The dear father of Kevin (Donna) and Dina (James Wyckhouse) Fontana. He was also the beloved brother of Violet Frescura and the treasured grandfather of Dino M. and Nicholas A. A Memorial Visitation will be held Thursday, January 28th from 9:00 am until the time of Memorial Funeral Mass at 9:30 am at St. Martin dePorres Catholic Church, 31555 Hoover Road in Warren. There will not be any visitation at the funeral home.Please share memories at Mr. Fontana's memory book above.