Pordenone, Italico Tubero died: he was president of the historic Workers’ Society

The Historical Workers’ Society of Pordenone mourns Italico Tubero, the honorary president who in 2014 the association decided to celebrate by naming the council chamber of Palazzo Gregoris with his name.

President Tubero passed away this morning to his loved ones, his wife Licia Vianello, his sons Paolo and Daniela and his grandchildren. He would have turned 94 on 11 April and in 2023 the Workers’ Society would have paid him the certificate of membership with 70 years of membership in the association. The funeral will be celebrated on Friday 11 March at 10 in the Cathedral Concattedrale San Marco, where the rosary is scheduled the previous day (Thursday 10) at 18.

Born in Pordenone in 1928, Tubero became a member of the Operaia in 1953. A few years later he joined the board of directors, until his election as President in 1972, a position he held until 2013. Under his presidency, Somsi has begun a fundamental path of consolidation and enhancement of its cultural heritage, starting with Palazzo Gregoris and the historical library. For 41 years he was the guide of this association, lending himself body and soul to the city, both for his contribution to the associative and voluntary world, and in his work as an official first and then a manager of the Municipality of Pordenone, where he served for 46 years. In his career he was awarded the title of Knight in 1970, then of Officer five years later, of Commander in 1978 and finally in 1992 of Grand Officer.

In 2013 Tubero decided to leave the reins of the Operaia to Rosa Saccotelli Pavan, who took the baton and carried out the work program, up to the passing of the baton to the current president Mario Tomadini. «He is a fundamental figure for understanding our city – recalls Tomadini – Between Italico and Rosetta we have lost half a century of worker. He has always stood out for his tenacity, foresight and ability to understand the moment. To him we owe the protection of Palazzo Gregoris, which under his mandate was reborn thanks to an important restoration. But his contribution to our city also qualifies for his service in the town hall where he worked in the technical sector, linked to public infrastructures and their relative maintenance. He faced the darkest moments for the city, such as the great flood of 1966 and the earthquake. A personal affection binds me to him. I was completely unknown the first time I set foot in Operaia proposing a manuscript dedicated to the history of the Fire Brigade. He listened and trusted me. He believed in a stranger. I owe a lot to him. “

A man of voluntary work but with a deep-rooted spirit of the institutions, «with him a little bit of Pordenone goes. He was a person of another era, always impeccable, a figure for which to feel profound respect – the mayor of Pordenone Alessandro Ciriani recalls – I met him at the time I presided over the Province of Pordenone. He gave Somsi di Pordenone an important cut, making it become a cultural reference structure for the city. I was bound to him by a cordial and very correct relationship ».

Italico Tubero’s death occurred late yesterday morning. In 2014 the Workers’ Society paid him the council chamber of Palazzo Gregoris, an act that formally celebrated the moral debt of the association towards the honorary President, especially for what he did for the historic building, the seat of the association and a historical library. In the same year Tubero also received the San Marco Prize, the seal of his affection for his city.