COSTA IOANNOU (24 Apr 1940 - 27 Sep 2015)

Per me e la mia famiglia Costa e' solo partito per un lungo viaggio! Abbiamo chiaro nella mente la sua voce e la sua risata! Uomo generoso, spiritoso e sempre disponibile! Siamo felici di averlo conosciuto ed averlo avuto come amico! Rip.
Famiglia Anna e Marcello Pappadà.

Dear Jovanna, Marilena and Silvana,

A lovely Service was held for Costa attended by family and friends all of whom loved him and respected him. All, no doubt have enjoyed knowing him, will miss him and will support you should the need arise.

Our thoughts are with you:

If tears could build a stairway
and thoughts a memory lane
We would walk right up to heaven
and bring you home again
No Farewell words were spoken
No time to say good-bye
You were gone before we knew it
And only God knows why.
Our hearts are still active in sadness
and secret tears still flow
what it meant to lose you
No one can ever know.
But now we know you want us
to mourn for you no more
to remember all the happy times
Life still has much in store.
Since you’ll never be forgotten
we pledge to you today
a hallowed place within our hearts
is where you’ll always stay.
God knows why, with chilling touch,
Death gathers those we love so much,
And what now seems so strange and dim,
Will all be clear, when we meet Him.

God bless.

Ci mancherai tantissimo Zio!!!! Lo spazio che lasci rimarrà vuoto... ma ti porteremo per sempre nei nostri cuori.

Wanted also to add a big big hug to giovanna your wonderful wife. And that she will take comfort you will always watch over her and your family . Xxx

Dearest Costa. " what a wonderful and caring man. A fantastic dad and treasured dad to Silvana and Marilena. " .I always had many a laugh with u. Your daughters have inherited your fantastic sense of humour. The intelligence side obviously after me......oh yeah we are not related. Worth a try. Bless you Costa. And may God give them the strength to get through this very difficult time. But knowing that memories of all the happy days u shared together will live on forever and ever on the lips that always talk about u. Till we meet again . P.S. say ciao to papa Antonio from us. Xxx

Costa you will be sadly missed. You were a great person, always full of surprises ! R.I.P Costaxxx

We had known Costa for over 50 years, just a few years after he arrived in the UK. We have seen his family double with the arrival of two lovely children and watched them grow up from babies to intelligent and sensible adults. Costa adored his family and worked very hard to ensure they had everything they wanted including provision for his children’s University Education and when they graduated he was very proud.
Costa was a ‘happy go lucky’ person and a character, often showing a laid back and couldn’t careless attitude but, in fact, he was very talented and you would be hard pressed to get one over on him. Having said that, he was very caring and would go out of his way to help anybody should the need arise. He was a generous man and would not take any payment or reimbursement for any help given, a simple thank you is all he wanted.
We have spent many a good time together both as individuals and as families and it is these times that you remember most. The good times of knocking walls down in his parents’ home to travelling around the UK and Spain delivering Goods when he was running his own International Haulage business. There was one particular time when we left the UK on Boxing Day, bound for Spain. Our Hotel was the lorry cab but, we had a good time welcoming the New Year in. We had to wait until the Factories reopened after the Xmas holiday to unload the goods and get a return load back to the UK. It seemed to be a long haul but, we had a good time and often talked about it.
Costa would always come and see us when he visited the UK and would always bring little mementoes, demonstrating his caring nature, his kindness and his generosity. Nobody could ever wish for such a dedicated friend and we shall miss him so much. We have so many memories of the many good times that we had it would fill a book.
Now he has gone to heaven and in God’s care but, we will always love him and never forget him.
R.I.P. Costa.

We have so many fond memories of you which we will always treasure in our hearts x

Costa, you will be so sadly missed!! You were a kind, funny and wonderful person and I'm so sad that we didn't get to see you more often. You will always be fondly remembered by all of all of us. God bless you and your family. X x x