Maria was born in San Giovanni in Fiore, Cosenza, Italy on November 15, 1931 and came to Canada in 1963 to be with her brother and sister, living in Calgary for the remainder of her life. She married Pasquale De Marco in December 1967 and they were married for 53 years. Maria worked in housekeeping at the Calgary General Hospital for many years. “Zia Maria” was well loved by her nieces and nephews and will be fondly remembered as a strong, truthful, quick-witted, feisty woman who lived her life with a unique sense of style and humor. She always enjoyed sharing details of her life story and family history right until the end.
She will be missed and lovingly remembered by her husband Pasquale, her sister Giovanna Urbani, sisters-in-law Rosa Spadafora, Adelina De Marco, nieces Susanna (John) Law, Sandra (Doug) Wilkinson, Lorraine (Frank Laratta) Urbani and nephew Giovanni (Gisele) Martino, Vincenzo (Angela) and Teresa (Stephen), great nephews and niece; Sandon, Aleska, Daniel, Samuel, Adriano, Matteo and Rocco, and numerous other nieces and nephews and their families. Maria was predeceased by her parents Ignazio and Filomena Spadafora, her brother Salvatore Spadafora, her sister Angelina Martino and brothers-in-law Carmine Urbani, Rocco Martino, Pietro De Marco and other in-laws.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00am on Monday, July 12, 2021 at Corpus Christi Church (404 Northmount Place NW). Entombment will follow at Queen’s Park Mausoleum.
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