on August 12, 2019. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Thursday August
15th at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Parish (717 Kennedy Road, Scarborough).
Father Edwin Galea officiating. The family will receive friends for visitation at the
Jerrett funeral home (660 Kennedy Road, Scarborough) on Thursday August 15,
2019 between 9:00am and 10:00 am. Mary was born in Gozo, Malta on May 23,
1929, and was the oldest in a family of 8 brothers and sisters. Mary and her
husband, John, married on December 26, 1954. Together, in 1955 they
immigrated to Canada where they raised a family of four sons and shared 65
years of marriage. As a registered nurse in Canada for over 40 years and as a
volunteer supporting those in prisons, hospitals and churches, Mary made a
positive impact in many lives across the country. Being diagnosed with Lupus in
1958, Mary made a seemingly impossible recovery and became a rare survivor
of the disease after being informed she had only three months to live. She
credited her miraculous recovery to her faith and through an apostle of Our Lady
of Ta’ Pinu “Frenċ tal-Għarb” in Gozo as he guided her to back to lasting health
and the complete eradication of any signs of Lupus, which never returned. Living
another 61 years, and birthing 3 children following her diagnosis, Mary’s faith in
our Lord never faltered. Passionate about family, our Lord and service to our
community, Mary raised her four sons: Stephen, Ronald, Mark and Eric as an
exceptional and dedicated mother. Mary is survived by her sons and their
families: Stephen and Shelagh with their children Emerson, Garnett, Katrina,
Quenton, and Fraser; Ronald and Dale with their children Leighann, Christopher,
Marisa and Adam; Mark and Josée with their children Mélissandre and Delça;
Eric and Leslie with their children Gabriel, Samuel, Anastasia and Celestine as
well as (at present) twelve great grandchildren across Canada and the United
States. Mary’s legacy will continue to live on through the positive impact she’s
had on her family as a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, and
through all those she helped as a caring nurse, friend and volunteer.
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