Aldo Garda, 74 years, of Brockton, died October 26, 2008 at his home surrounded by family and friends. This followed a courageous two year battle with cancer. Beloved husband for 44 years of Janice A. (Dovner) Garda. Aldo was born and raised in Taunton, son of the late Giuseppe and Lidia (DeMarco) Garda and was a graduate of Taunton High School and Mass Trade School. He began his work career as a machinist at Etna Twist Drill in Taunton and soon after joined his business partner of over 30 years, Robert Rusconi, to start and run many businesses, including an excavating business, the ownership and management of Frates’ Dairy Bar in Brockton and Giusti Catering of Taunton. Aldo’s real love was when he played “Monopoly for real” in the Rusgar Real Estate Business. He had associations and holdings in Boston, Cape Cod and Rhode Island where he was loved and respected by all who did business with him. There are many who believe they were a success in business because of his mentoring and support.
Aldo was a member of the Air National Guard of MA and a reservist of the US Air Force/Armed Forces. He enjoyed American history and was in the process of reading all the Presidents’ lives in order. He also enjoyed creating beautiful and useful wood and stone objects and working in his garden. He was especially proud of his veneer inlaid marquetry wooden grandfather clock- but most of all loved his family and friends.
He is survived by his best friend and partner in life Janice A. (Dovner) Garda; the delights of his life, his daughters Susan Garda and her partner Jocelyn Macedo of E. Bridgewater and Gina Garda of Canton and his cherished grandchildren Marisa and Michael Gaffney of Canton; a brother Lucian Garda and his wife Anne of Long Island, NY as well as many nieces, cousins and their families. One of the great experiences of Aldo’s life was his longtime friendship with Russell Wertz, who was a great comfort to him during his illness.
Funeral from the Conley Funeral Home, 138 Belmont Street (Rte 123) Brockton, Friday at 9am. Funeral Mass in Our Lady of Lourdes Church at 10am. Burial in Mayflower Hill Cemetery, Taunton. Visiting Hours Thursday 4-8pm. Donations in Aldo’s name may be made to the Smile Train, 41 Madison Ave., 28th Floor, New York, NY 10010, for online donations click here or Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Div of Development & The Jimmy Fund, 10 Brookline Place West, Floor 6, Brookline, MA 02445-9924, for online donations click here