Born in Ciconicco in 1925, wife of Aldo Pecile, the first post-war mayor of Fagagna whom she married at the age of 24
FAGAGNA. She was a backbone of her large family Milena Alpini, 95, who died on Monday evening in her home in Fagagna assisted with great love by her seven children. “It was positive for Covid, asymptomatic – reports his son Domenico Pecile, former journalist of the Messaggero Veneto -. He hadn’t been well for a month, but always with a lucid mindfulness ».
Born in Ciconicco in 1925 wife of Aldo Pecile, first post-war mayor of Fagagna whom she married at 24, Milena was the mother of eight children, four boys, Paolo, Pietro, Angelo, Domenico and four girls Maria Cristina, Amalia died in 2010, Chiara, Anna Maria. In addition to them, he leaves in pain, sons-in-law, the 15 beloved grandchildren who were his strength and four great-grandchildren. An intelligent, strong, reserved woman with a deep faith, she also knew how to be ironic and cheerful, interested in politics to the last.
“Unfortunately – says his daughter Maria Cristina – she was blind 12 years ago. Blindness had been a real tragedy for her as it had prevented her from cultivating the interests related to her manual skills, sewing, knitting, embroidery and drawing. Reading was his great passion which he had not given up listening to audio books every day for a couple of hours. A mother who did not have much time to pamper us – highlights her daughter – discreet from an emotional point of view, severe in education, the house was a small boarding school, everything had to go smoothly. During his old age, however, he had shown all his sweetness ».
The death of her daughter Amalia in 2010 and in the same year also of her husband Aldo had left a deep groove of pain in her heart. The funeral will be celebrated on Tuesday 20 April, at 2.30 pm in the church of San Giacomo. The editorial staff of the Messaggero Veneto expresses its most sincere condolences to Domenico and all his family.