Destiny clearly had a hand in bringing Santo Rocca and Rosa Pizzino together. Born 30 miles apart in Italy both immigrated to Canada in 1953, Rosa to Cranbrook and Santo to Fernie. Santo, five-years-old with mom Assunta and siblings Mario and Teresa to join dad Serafino who had come the previous year with others from Colosimi to work in Michel Mine.
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