After a brief illness, Deborah passed away at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto on January 14, 2021 at the age of 62. She will be forever missed by her sisters Mary and Julia (Domenic Bucciarelli). Loving Aunt to Amy (Michael Spagnolo), Sophia and James and adoring Great-Aunt to Aiden and Bennett. Deborah is predeceased by her mother, Ellen (2011), and sister, Janet (2016).
Deborah will be remembered for her quick wit, her beautiful heart, her extraordinary intelligence, elegant fashion sense and her valuable counselling skills. Deborah was the Office Administrator for 35 years (1982-2017) at Claude Watson School for the Arts where she touched thousands of children and family lives with her stylish ways, wise words and gentle manner.
The family extends their deep appreciation to the dedicated team and nursing staff at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Palliative Care Unit for their heartfelt, round the clock care. Their outpouring of love and attention was a comfort to Deborah and her family.
Many thanks to Father Ed Murphy (Blessed Trinity), Father Milton (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre) and Monsignor Ambrose Sheehy for their prayers, comfort and support.
The funeral mass will take place at Blessed Trinity Parish on Monday, January 18, 2021 at 10 a.m. Due to Covid-19 restrictions the funeral service is limited to immediate family members only. Please join us online, via livestream to celebrate Deborah's life at https://blessedtrinityto.archtoronto.org. Please login at 9:50 a.m. to secure your connection. The sound for the video is controlled by your device. The video will begin muted. To unmute the video, hover your mouse over the bottom left portion of the video and click the speaker button to unmute the video.
In lieu of flowers, donations to the charity of your choice in Deborah's name, or simply offer an act of kindness to someone else would be appreciated.
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