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Giacomo “Jack” Fiorello, the husband of Giuseppina “Josie” Capello and father to son Salvatore and daughter Virginia, son of Salvatore Fiorello and Vincenza Inzirillo, brother to Francesca and Giuseppina, father-in-law to Rebecca Messbarger, grandfather to Julian, Maxwell, Audrey, Zachary, and Meghan, and great-grandfather to Sophia and Madelyn Josephine, passed away on November 09, 2024. He was 87 years old.

Jack immigrated to the United States from Sicily in 1960 and married his love, Josie Cappello, who arrived in the United States several years before him. Jack and Josie faced a significant hardship in the early years of their marriage with the death of their first child. In 1963, Jack and Josie had their son Salvatore (Sam), followed four years later by the birth of their daughter Virginia. Jack worked hard to learn the language and adapt to a very different culture and, in 1968, became a U.S. citizen.

Jack worked in the construction industry from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. While there, he helped construct many buildings on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus. Jack took great pride in his work, knowing that he played a part in building one of the world’s great university campuses. After an injury, Jack was forced to pivot to less physically demanding work. Then, he began his more than two-decade career with the Madison Metropolitan School District as a custodian. Jack loved this job, forging great relationships with teachers, administrators, and students. Jack’s motto in all he did was, “If you are going to be one, be a great one.”

In his mid-sixties, Jack retired from his full-time work to focus on his true loves: his wife Josie, his children, his grandchildren, his hunting property, and gardening.

After a more than six-year stay in St. Mary’s Care Center, he died peacefully. Jack will be remembered for his smile, sense of humor, and friendliness to all. Jack’s memory will be a blessing to us all.

A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at Ryan Funeral Home, 5701 Odana Road. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to: the Alzheimer’s Association - https://act.alz.org/site/Donation or the Lewy Body Dementia Association - https://www.lbda.org/donors

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