It is with great sadness that the family of Martin Patrick Picco, 89, of Lunenburg announces his peaceful passing on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Fishermen's Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg.
Born in St. Joseph's Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, he was the son of the late John and Eileen Picco.
Martin was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Merchant Navy and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23, Lunenburg. After the war, he sailed on the CNR ships out of St. John's, Newfoundland and later moved to PEI where he spent 13 years as Master of Fishing Trawlers out of Souris and in Petit de Grats, where he met and fell in love with his sweetheart, Clementine (nee Boudreau ). They married in 1956.
He later attended navigational school in Toronto to obtain his Master's Home Trade, a Fishing Master's certificate of Competency and Tug Boat certificate. He later became Master of the Fisheries patrol vessel "Scatterie Light", for the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. During the first 18 months, he worked out of the Fisheries School in Pictou.
In August 1966, he opened a branch of the Fisheries School in Lunenburg, NS, where he worked for 13 years. In 1967, he went to the Fisheries College in St. John's, NL and obtained a Fishing Gear Technology certificate. He then returned to Lunenburg to resume his duties with the Department of Fisheries. Later, he was sent to various provinces, such as PEI, Ontario, BC and to Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, to conduct mid water trawl training courses.
In 1976, along with Stan Guy from Halifax, he went to the People's Republic of Yemen in the Middle East to perform a survey of the fisheries in the 6 states of that country. After returning from the Middle East, he became a fishing gear coordinator for the province of Nova Scotia. In 1980, he accompanied Donald Robertson, Supervisor of the training school in Pictou, and James McLevey,Director of Training in Halifax, to Belize, South America. Their goal was to recruit students from different communities of that country to take courses out of Pictou. In the last years prior to retiring in1984, he worked in the Fisheries office in Halifax.
He was a devoted Catholic and he loved his little church, St. Norbert's in Lunenburg.
Martin is survived by his loving wife Clementine of 57 years, sister, Mary (Mrs. Leo Flemming), Toronto and as well numerous nieces and nephews. He and his wife have 2 adopted children with Childcare International,a girl in Chile, Arica and a boy in Kenya.
Besides his parents, Martin was predeceased by brothers, Ron, of Boston, New York, John, David and Arthur of Toronto, Fred, Lewis Port, NL and sister Madeline (Michael Tobin),Toronto.
Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of the Dana L. Sweeny Funeral Home, 11213 Hwy. # 3, Lunenburg, with Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 23, Lunenburg holding a memorial tribute, on Sunday from 6:45 p.m. followed by visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, Lunenburg, Rev. Father James MacDonald OMI, officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Lunenburg.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia or to a charity of your choice.
www.sweenyfuneralhome.ca
Contributor: Marlene Mosher nee Snyder
Born in St. Joseph's Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, he was the son of the late John and Eileen Picco.
Martin was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Merchant Navy and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23, Lunenburg. After the war, he sailed on the CNR ships out of St. John's, Newfoundland and later moved to PEI where he spent 13 years as Master of Fishing Trawlers out of Souris and in Petit de Grats, where he met and fell in love with his sweetheart, Clementine (nee Boudreau ). They married in 1956.
He later attended navigational school in Toronto to obtain his Master's Home Trade, a Fishing Master's certificate of Competency and Tug Boat certificate. He later became Master of the Fisheries patrol vessel "Scatterie Light", for the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. During the first 18 months, he worked out of the Fisheries School in Pictou.
In August 1966, he opened a branch of the Fisheries School in Lunenburg, NS, where he worked for 13 years. In 1967, he went to the Fisheries College in St. John's, NL and obtained a Fishing Gear Technology certificate. He then returned to Lunenburg to resume his duties with the Department of Fisheries. Later, he was sent to various provinces, such as PEI, Ontario, BC and to Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, to conduct mid water trawl training courses.
In 1976, along with Stan Guy from Halifax, he went to the People's Republic of Yemen in the Middle East to perform a survey of the fisheries in the 6 states of that country. After returning from the Middle East, he became a fishing gear coordinator for the province of Nova Scotia. In 1980, he accompanied Donald Robertson, Supervisor of the training school in Pictou, and James McLevey,Director of Training in Halifax, to Belize, South America. Their goal was to recruit students from different communities of that country to take courses out of Pictou. In the last years prior to retiring in1984, he worked in the Fisheries office in Halifax.
He was a devoted Catholic and he loved his little church, St. Norbert's in Lunenburg.
Martin is survived by his loving wife Clementine of 57 years, sister, Mary (Mrs. Leo Flemming), Toronto and as well numerous nieces and nephews. He and his wife have 2 adopted children with Childcare International,a girl in Chile, Arica and a boy in Kenya.
Besides his parents, Martin was predeceased by brothers, Ron, of Boston, New York, John, David and Arthur of Toronto, Fred, Lewis Port, NL and sister Madeline (Michael Tobin),Toronto.
Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of the Dana L. Sweeny Funeral Home, 11213 Hwy. # 3, Lunenburg, with Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 23, Lunenburg holding a memorial tribute, on Sunday from 6:45 p.m. followed by visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, Lunenburg, Rev. Father James MacDonald OMI, officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Lunenburg.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia or to a charity of your choice.
www.sweenyfuneralhome.ca
Contributor: Marlene Mosher nee Snyder
It is with great sadness that the family of Martin Patrick Picco, 89, of Lunenburg announces his peaceful passing on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Fishermen's Memorial Hospital, Lunenburg.
Born in St. Joseph's Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, he was the son of the late John and Eileen Picco.
Martin was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Merchant Navy and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23, Lunenburg. After the war, he sailed on the CNR ships out of St. John's, Newfoundland and later moved to PEI where he spent 13 years as Master of Fishing Trawlers out of Souris and in Petit de Grats, where he met and fell in love with his sweetheart, Clementine (nee Boudreau ). They married in 1956.
He later attended navigational school in Toronto to obtain his Master's Home Trade, a Fishing Master's certificate of Competency and Tug Boat certificate. He later became Master of the Fisheries patrol vessel "Scatterie Light", for the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. During the first 18 months, he worked out of the Fisheries School in Pictou.
In August 1966, he opened a branch of the Fisheries School in Lunenburg, NS, where he worked for 13 years. In 1967, he went to the Fisheries College in St. John's, NL and obtained a Fishing Gear Technology certificate. He then returned to Lunenburg to resume his duties with the Department of Fisheries. Later, he was sent to various provinces, such as PEI, Ontario, BC and to Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, to conduct mid water trawl training courses.
In 1976, along with Stan Guy from Halifax, he went to the People's Republic of Yemen in the Middle East to perform a survey of the fisheries in the 6 states of that country. After returning from the Middle East, he became a fishing gear coordinator for the province of Nova Scotia. In 1980, he accompanied Donald Robertson, Supervisor of the training school in Pictou, and James McLevey,Director of Training in Halifax, to Belize, South America. Their goal was to recruit students from different communities of that country to take courses out of Pictou. In the last years prior to retiring in1984, he worked in the Fisheries office in Halifax.
He was a devoted Catholic and he loved his little church, St. Norbert's in Lunenburg.
Martin is survived by his loving wife Clementine of 57 years, sister, Mary (Mrs. Leo Flemming), Toronto and as well numerous nieces and nephews. He and his wife have 2 adopted children with Childcare International,a girl in Chile, Arica and a boy in Kenya.
Besides his parents, Martin was predeceased by brothers, Ron, of Boston, New York, John, David and Arthur of Toronto, Fred, Lewis Port, NL and sister Madeline (Michael Tobin),Toronto.
Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of the Dana L. Sweeny Funeral Home, 11213 Hwy. # 3, Lunenburg, with Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 23, Lunenburg holding a memorial tribute, on Sunday from 6:45 p.m. followed by visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, Lunenburg, Rev. Father James MacDonald OMI, officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Lunenburg.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia or to a charity of your choice.
www.sweenyfuneralhome.ca
Contributor: Marlene Mosher nee Snyder
Born in St. Joseph's Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, he was the son of the late John and Eileen Picco.
Martin was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Merchant Navy and was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 23, Lunenburg. After the war, he sailed on the CNR ships out of St. John's, Newfoundland and later moved to PEI where he spent 13 years as Master of Fishing Trawlers out of Souris and in Petit de Grats, where he met and fell in love with his sweetheart, Clementine (nee Boudreau ). They married in 1956.
He later attended navigational school in Toronto to obtain his Master's Home Trade, a Fishing Master's certificate of Competency and Tug Boat certificate. He later became Master of the Fisheries patrol vessel "Scatterie Light", for the Federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans. During the first 18 months, he worked out of the Fisheries School in Pictou.
In August 1966, he opened a branch of the Fisheries School in Lunenburg, NS, where he worked for 13 years. In 1967, he went to the Fisheries College in St. John's, NL and obtained a Fishing Gear Technology certificate. He then returned to Lunenburg to resume his duties with the Department of Fisheries. Later, he was sent to various provinces, such as PEI, Ontario, BC and to Booth Bay Harbor, Maine, to conduct mid water trawl training courses.
In 1976, along with Stan Guy from Halifax, he went to the People's Republic of Yemen in the Middle East to perform a survey of the fisheries in the 6 states of that country. After returning from the Middle East, he became a fishing gear coordinator for the province of Nova Scotia. In 1980, he accompanied Donald Robertson, Supervisor of the training school in Pictou, and James McLevey,Director of Training in Halifax, to Belize, South America. Their goal was to recruit students from different communities of that country to take courses out of Pictou. In the last years prior to retiring in1984, he worked in the Fisheries office in Halifax.
He was a devoted Catholic and he loved his little church, St. Norbert's in Lunenburg.
Martin is survived by his loving wife Clementine of 57 years, sister, Mary (Mrs. Leo Flemming), Toronto and as well numerous nieces and nephews. He and his wife have 2 adopted children with Childcare International,a girl in Chile, Arica and a boy in Kenya.
Besides his parents, Martin was predeceased by brothers, Ron, of Boston, New York, John, David and Arthur of Toronto, Fred, Lewis Port, NL and sister Madeline (Michael Tobin),Toronto.
Funeral Arrangements are under the direction of the Dana L. Sweeny Funeral Home, 11213 Hwy. # 3, Lunenburg, with Royal Canadian Legion Branch # 23, Lunenburg holding a memorial tribute, on Sunday from 6:45 p.m. followed by visitation from 7 to 9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, Lunenburg, Rev. Father James MacDonald OMI, officiating. Interment will be in Hillcrest Cemetery, Lunenburg.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to St. Norbert's Roman Catholic Church, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia or to a charity of your choice.
www.sweenyfuneralhome.ca
Contributor: Marlene Mosher nee Snyder
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