Louie Carnevale had a huge heart to beautify the Church
Louie Carnevale had an art of stone, but a huge heart to beautify the Church
He was a master of stone, with the softest of hearts.
Devout Catholic Louie Carnevale, the son of Italian immigrants who at age 21 founded a natural stone contracting company that grew into an industry leader, couldn’t say no to even the poorest of churches in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Over the past several decades, Carnevale installed new altars and flooring at a steep discount to help renovate cash-starved parishes.
Meanwhile, his company — Carnevale & Lohr Stone, founded in Bell Gardens with best friend Ed Lohr — was working on such iconic LA projects as the Getty Museum and the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, where Carnevale, who started as a journeyman stonemason in his teens, was eulogized on Jan. 31.