Nicholas M. Carusillo

Nicholas M. Carusillo

With deep sadness, our family shares the news of the death of our son and brother Nicholas Michael Carusillo, 29 of Huntersville, NC on September 22, 2017. Beloved son, brother, father and friend he will be missed.

Nick was smart, strong, funny, kind, compassionate and full of love. Above all Nick had strong faith and belief in God that he shared with many. He loved sports and everything outdoors, football, soccer, baseball, fishing, boating, skiing, wakeboarding.  He was the consummate athlete and excelled at every sport he participated in.  During high school Nick was varsity soccer goalie and varsity football kicker.  He excelled so much at football he had an opportunity to play division 1 college ball.  His dad coached him on many championship teams. After graduating high school he continued his college education and became a certified EMT.  Those that knew Nick loved him for his personality his loyalty and his energy.  He was a good guy with a big heart and loved deeply.

Nick suffered with bipolar disorder (manic depressive illness) coupled with addiction. This is a debilitating disease often stigmatized by society and mishandled by our medical system.  Nick fought hard and we had high hopes for his battle with this disease.

We thank those who helped him along the way and all those who loved him. And a heartfelt thanks to all those in the AA community.

Nicholas is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents Helen and Michael Carusillo Jr and his maternal grandmother Yvonne Linderman Levesque.

He is survived by his parents Tina and Michael Carusillo III, sister Jessica Carusillo, son Brayden Burton and many aunts, uncles and cousins.

A celebration of his life will be this Thursday, September 28, 2017 at 11:00 at Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home in Huntersville.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to either the Charlotte Rescue Mission, charlotterescuemission.org http://bit.ly/crm-carusillo or the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance http://bit.ly/carusillo.