Individual memorial page for Our Lady of the Angels School Fire December 1 1958 Chicago Illinois

Our Lady of the Angels Individual Memorial Page

Giovanna Joanne “Jo Ann” Ciolino

Room	Age	Birthdate	Grade	B/G/T
212	10	1/31/48	5	Girl
Teacher
Sister Mary Clare Therese Champagne, BVM
Address
3825 W Chicago
Family
Father: Sam Ciolino Mother: Mary (Culotta) Ciolino Sister: Sarah Ciolino Brother: Steve Ciolino
About Giovanna
Jo Ann, birth name Giovanna Joanne Ciolino, was born in Cefalu, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy.
Interred: Queen of Heaven Entombment (Hillside, IL)

Memories of Jo Ann

I knew Jo Ann because my Aunt Mary Ciolino, my father's sister, was married to her father's brother, my Uncle Jim Ciolino. I used to play together with her and her sister Sarah at my aunt's house. I remember her as a sweet, kind and very smart child. Her sister Sarah and I were the same age. She was two years older. I remember having a lot of fun playing with them. I remember seeing them a few weeks before the fire; she was talking about making her Conformation. She was excited about it. After the fire, my mother told me what happened to Jo Ann but I don't think I realized until I saw Sarah and not Jo Ann at my aunt's house. I remember feeling very sad for Sarah.
-- (Georgette Terracina Wadulak, Friend)

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