Michael A. Ferrauilo January 1, 2023. Michael is predeceased by his parents, Anita & Michael Ferrauilo. He is survived by his wife, Nancy (Walker) Ferrauilo; daughters, Olivia (James) Petronio & Emily Ferrauilo; grandson, Michael Petronio; siblings, Kimberly Ferrauilo-Poudrier & Joseph (Michele) Ferrauilo; several nieces, nephews, cousins & dear friends. Michael's life story will be shared during his visitation at the funeral home, 1411 Vintage Lane (Between 390 & Long Pond Rd.), Sunday, January 8th, 1-5 PM. His funeral mass will be celebrated, Monday, January 9th, at 11:30 AM at St. Lawrence Church, 1000 N. Greece Rd., immediately following, he will be laid to rest in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the National Kidney Foundation, 1344 University Avenue, Suite 270, Rochester, NY 14607 in Michael's memory. Remembering Michael: Michael was born on December 17, 1964, in Rochester, NY. Anita and Michael Ferrauilo; his parents were high school sweethearts. His Mom was the homemaker for the early family years while his dad worked long hours in the plumbing world as his grandfather did. As a young boy, Michael spent many summer days with either his grandfather, an uncle, or his father on their plumbing jobs. His parents, Michael and Anita, were very inspirational to him. From when he was a young boy to adulthood, everything he did, was a reflection of his parents. He followed in his father's love of plumbing and they started Michael A. Ferrauilo Plumbing & Heating, Inc. in 1987. Even after losing his Mom at 59 years old and losing his Dad at 73 years old, he never stopped thinking about making his parents proud. Both of his parents fought tirelessly with their own health problems, and Michael fought just as hard with his own. Michael was the oldest of 3 siblings. They are all 15 months apart in age: Kimberly and Joe. They grew up in a typical Italian family. A pot of sauce on the stove every Sunday, with a few loaves of bread nearby for dunking. Family vacations, snowmobiling, motorbiking, everyone attending Kim's dance recitals, and the boy's sporting events. The past 13 months their relationships strengthened with amazing prayers for recovery and amazing meals and treats delivered to Strong multiple days a week to bring him the home-cooked meals he remembered growing up. Michael grew up surrounded by many aunts and uncles and had very fond memories with his cousins at both of his loving grandparents' homes. He enjoyed all the kids in his Black Walnut neighborhood in Greece and participated in all forms of sports growing up: bowling at Maiden Lanes, KPAA baseball, and Greece Chargers football. He was such a unique and memorable person, so many of these people from the early years have reached out these past 13 months and prayed for his recovery. He attended Buckman Heights Elementary School and Hoover Drive Jr. High; although Michael wanted to go to Cardinal Mooney High School, his father insisted on Aquinas Institute where he immediately met his lifelong friends. Michael always mentioned these years being the most memorable and the strongest friendships formed. He tried playing basketball and tried boxing at the Mission Bouts -- but his passions were football and baseball. He would be able to recount every game right down to the last detail. Michael went to the University of Rochester. His intentions were to be a lawyer. But by his sophomore year, he was already arranging his class schedule to allow himself time to work with his dad in the plumbing field two days a week. He played football and was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Although he "walked the stage" for graduation in 1987, his Mom opened the mail shortly after to discover he was 3 credits short of his bachelor's degree. The missed credits have been a funny story between one of his fraternity brothers ever since. It wasn't as important because his intentions were to continue plumbing and he became a business owner with his father in the field of commercial plumbing. Michael was a Co-Owner and President of Michael A. Ferrauilo Plumbing & Heating, Inc. He loved his job and his goal was to return to work. He employed a loyal group of men -- that were more importantly his friends. Through the years there were several young men that Michael had special relationships and "took them under his wing" with hopes for them to continue in the field. Michael enjoyed spending quality time with his family, until he was tired, and then he would retreat to his lair: his Garage. He enjoyed every opportunity of sharing a meal with family and friends, with the "dining experience" being more important than the actual meal. He enjoyed the frustrating sport of golf with his friends; often "displacing" a golf club after a bad shot. He always said if you loved your job, you would be good at it. He loved his profession and all of the treasured relationships over the years. After his kidney transplant, he had a newfound interest in his appearance and fashion. His sense of style developed to the point of designing his own clothes. Michael and Nancy met at Driver's Ed at Cardinal Mooney in the summer of 1981 - they were just 16 years old. In Michael's lame attempt to meet Nancy, he called her on the phone asking if she would "give" him the homework notes from traffic court. Nancy said "no, she wouldn't cheat" and the phone call ended. A few days later, Nancy walked up to Mike and asked if he wanted to come over to her house to look at her sister's wedding pictures... he said "sure" and they started dating shortly after until their wedding in August of 1989. Michael and Nancy celebrated their 33rd wedding anniversary outside Strong's ICU in their outdoor garden space. He was as giving as ever and worked very hard to sign his name with his amputated hand on a very special plaque of Padre Pio's Healing Prayer. He and Nancy welcomed their daughters, Olivia who was born in 1992 and Emily born 18 months later in 1993. Michael attended every event for Olivia and Emily: whether it was school concerts, plays, gymnastic meets, or piano recitals; there wasn't a single event he missed, didn't matter the time of day or day of the week. He was very proud of everything they both accomplished. Family vacations were very important such as their trips to Florida, Disney, cruises, the Outer Banks, and the Fern. One of the funniest stories about our Outer Banks trips was when the 6 kids were throwing water balloons from the rooftop deck of the house toward the adults on the beach. Let's just say one of the water balloons got a little too close to Mike on the beach -- and we all know what it's like when Mike gets mad ... Michael and his family have been members of St. Lawrence Church for many, many years and his daughters attended St. Lawrence School. His favorite lifelong sports teams have been the Buffalo Bills and New York Yankees. He loved to watch Everybody Loves Raymond; Bar Rescue, King of Queens, & The Sopranos. He enjoyed listening to country music as well as Taylor Swift & Adele. Michael hated driving in traffic; The family never saw the end of a Bills game, a concert, or any event, because it was important to leave early to beat the traffic. Punctuality was especially important to him. If anyone knows the term "AIS" from the Everybody Loves Raymond episode, getting in the car on time was extremely important. Some of his favorite sayings were, Stay on Task; Stay in the Room; Keep your Head on a Swivel. Michael always had a HUGE personality -- larger than life; He would light up the room with his great big smile and warm eyes. Great sense of humor; Very generous; He was genuinely interested in and gave his full attention to every person he met. He was very determined, and never wanted to fail. No matter what hand he was dealt in his life, he was always able to spin it in a positive light: "there was always another bus coming around the corner". He lived every day of his life to the fullest. He can be described as being hard-headed, and he used this to his personal advantage and used every bit of his internal strength to persevere. He never wanted to disappoint, with an Extremely Strong Will to Live the Best Life Ever.

Brockport/Pompano Beach, FL: Saturday, February 28, 2015, passed away suddenly at age 71. He was a loving and devoted man known by many and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Michael was predeceased by Anita Ferrauilo. He will be missed by his soul mate Giovanna Tuttobene; Michael is survived by his children: Michael (Nancy) Ferrauilo; Kimberly Poudrier Joseph (Michele) Ferrauilo, Michael (Krista) Tuttobene, Gina (Luciano Ortiz) Tuttobene and grandchildren: Olivia, Emily Ferrauilo, Alexandria, Zachary, Haleigh Poudrier, Kristi, Ashley, Brittany, Brooke LaMantia, Salvatore, Allesandro Giuseppe Tuttobene; great-granddaughter, Zoe Grace LaMantia; siblings, Bonnie Haefner, Debra (Joseph) Haefner, Donald (Joyce) Ferrauilo, James Ferrauilo, Teresa (David) Lang; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Michael's family will receive friends from 1-3 6-9 PM Thursday at the funeral home, 1411 Vintage Lane (between 390 and Long Pond Rd). The celebration of Michael's life will be Friday 11 AM at St. John's the Evangelist Church of Spencerport, 55 Martha St. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of Upstate New York, 310 Packett's Landing, Fairport, NY 14450 in Michael's memory. Born in Rochester, NY to Dominic Mary on October 16, 1943, Michael was raised "Down the Hill". He never referred to the name of his street, he simply said he lived "Down the Hill". Michael later moved to 872 North Plymouth Ave. Living across from Jones Park, Michael would rake leaves into large piles and then he would hide behind the trees and wait for the girls to come by...he would jump out from behind the tree and throw the girls into the pile of leaves, he was such a flirt! As a child, Michael went to St. Anthony's elementary school and then Aquinas until he transferred to Jefferson High School where he was quarterback of the football team. He had his eye on the captain of the cheerleading squad, a cute coed named Anita Prince, that later became his wife. He would happily tell you he graduated first in his class in 1961. Michael was the founder owner of Michael A. Ferrauilo Plumbing Heating. In his spare time, he liked spending time with family and friends in Florida. He also enjoyed boating and was a member of the St. John's Club. In his youth, besides football, Michael also played baseball in high school. In his adult life, he continued playing slow-pitch softball for Ro-Mon Mechanical Contractors, usually behind the plate catching balls and strikes. Family was most important to Michael. The family would travel to Disney world once every year, stay at the newly constructed Contemporary Hotel, and enjoy riding the Monorail back and forth to the Disney Theme Parks. Michael also would host a St Joseph's Table for his family and friends each year in April. He did this for several years. Every Sunday, the family would attend church, pay a visit to the cemetery, then go on to Dominic Mary's house for "Sunday sauce", Kagoots, and Pizza Fritta. Always a good time. In 1996, his love for family was returned when he received his 1st Kidney transplant from his youngest sister Teresa. After 13 years, Michael needed another kidney transplant which he then received from his soulmate Giovanna. Some of Michael's favorite things included a traditional iceberg lettuce salad with red wine vinegar, oil, and radishes. He loved HARD plums, fudgesicles, cucumbers with salt, jellied fruit slices, sharp provolone cheese and fresh Italian bread. He loved red sauce, but hated tomatoes. He loved little white boxes filled with pastries, that even when they were purposely kept out of his reach (for his own good), he was somehow able to elevate the seat of his Hi Tech motorized wheelchair to reach the "sweets". On the flip side, Michael was not a pet lover, he often would take the animals on "long rides"...they never made it home. Michael tried to enter the world of social media...he bought an I Phone and learned how to text, take pictures, and read/send emails from his new phone. The problem was that he had difficulty accessing his account. He would repeatedly type in the wrong password, habitually inquire about resetting his password, and send text messages that were incomprehensible. He was funny. But he tried. Often times when he was "face timing", he was showing the hallways to the person on the other end of the phone because he couldn't understand that he had to orient the phone in a certain way. Michael was a fan of Aquinas, McQuaid, Mercy, St. Lawrence, U of R, and St. Joe's. He followed his children and grandchildren throughout their athletic careers. Michael was resilient, cheating death several times, often said to have nine lives. "Titan" was the word used to describe him. When others would see the task in front of them as daunting or even unachievable, Michael had a different outlook. He was positive and forward thinking. He was the patriarch of his family... the "go to guy" amongst his brothers and sisters. He was a source of stability in their lives, the Rock, like St Peter. He always made time for others. He was humble, never felt entitled, generous, boisterous, and even sometimes unfiltered. He was respected, gentle, and never a bully. His transplant nurse once said that "everyone loves Big Mike". He was hard not to love. Some things in the world are forgettable....but not Michael. He was unforgettable. He will be dearly missed.