Another important birthday at the Restelli Foundation in via Cadorna in Rho: Giovannina Restellisaid Gianninaturned one hundred years old yesterday, Thursday.
Born in Terrazzano on 23 May 1924
Born in Terrazzano on 23 May 1924, she is the second child of Mario and Luigia. Her older brother was born before her Joseph. Two more daughters were born after her, Margaret and Matildewho is now ninety years old, still travels around driving her car and took part in the party in honor of her sister on the first floor of the Restelli Foundation, where the lady has lived since 2019.
Giannina grew up in a court near Piazza della Chiesa, “the court of the Restelli”.
As the son tells it Giuseppe Negri, in 1942 Giannina’s brother, Giuseppe, then twenty-one years old, left for the Russian campaign with the ARMIR, was reported missing during the tragic retreat of the Don and never returned home. Having remained the eldest of her children, Giannina worked hard to help the family: with her “fairy hands”, once she reached working age, she was hired at the ABITAL in via Castelli Fiorenza for packaging of clothes. In August 1950 she married Ercole Negri, who everyone called “Lino”, a specialized worker and then technician at Alfa Romeo. In 1953 the birth of their only son, baptized Giuseppe in memory of his brother who passed away in Russia.
For years he managed the bar in via Terrazzano
After the initial times spent in Mazzo, the move to via Piave. Then again in via Terrazzano, where Giannina took over a bar. He quickly became a point of reference in the neighborhood, with his reserved but attentive style to everyone. When Lino retired at the end of the seventies, the bar was sold and the couple went to live in via Aquileia. Her husband died in 1982, suddenly. His son Giuseppe and his wife Rosanna, since then they have always been close to Mrs. Giannina. When the grandchildren were born Gaia and Gabrielegrandmother Giannina found enthusiasm again by dedicating herself completely to them.
Last year she became a great-grandmother
From April 2023, with the birth of Danteson of Gabriele and his wife Irma, Giannina also became a great-grandmother. She would like to take care of the little one, but her legs give out and she now finds herself in a wheelchair, welcomed to the Restelli Foundation. At the little party organized on the first floor of the RSA she received a bouquet of flowers and a card from the municipal administration and a plaque from the Restelli Foundation, presented by the director Giuseppe Re. Alongside the son and daughter-in-law, also the latter’s brother, Peppinoand his wife Mina, all united by the same affection. Among the gifts received, a cream-colored bag, in the sign of a passion for accessories that Mrs. Restelli, very careful to appear well-groomed and with the right combinations, has always cultivated.
