Silvio Francis Nativi

VENICE FLORIDA-Silvio Francis (Sil) Nativi, 85, of Venice, Florida passed away on July 18, 2021 at his home surrounded by family after a brief battle with cancer. Silvio was born, lived and worked in Barre Vermont until retiring in the 1990's.  He is survived by Doris Donahue Nativi, his loving wife of 54 years; his son Michael and his wife Susan and their children Ben and Sarah; his daughter Lisa and her husband Peter Jopek and their children Leif and Alex; his daughter Susan and her husband John Collins. Silvio, son of Luigi and Sarah Benvenuti Nativi, was a graduate of Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont, and graduated with a degree in Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in New York.  Upon graduation he spent his career in granite manufacturing as owner/President of Nativi & Son Granite, as well as Granite Industries of Vermont (GIV) in Barre and Fletcher Granite Company of West Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  Silvio served on the Board of Trustees for the Barre Granite...