With great sadness we give notice that our beloved mother Loreta Polsinelli Tortorici passed away this March 27, 2023. She was born and raised in Sora Italy September 7^th 1939 and moved to Canada having Wedd my father Giovanni in 1960. Living and raising a family of four children, Cesare, Pasquale, Franca & Rosanna in the Dundas and Ossington area at 44 Grove Ave. to start with the many Italians who settled there in the late fifties. Moving to Caledonia and Lawrence in 1968 and continuing with her commitment to her family. Her love and devotion were expressed through her strong morale principles, care for her family and through her cooking mastery of some amazing dishes that we will dearly miss. A seamstress graduated in Rome and well know for her work, having made many a dress for friends and family. She had an affinity for music and loved to dance and a good game of Scopa or Briscola she would never pass up. She will be sorrily missed by her surviving brother Armando Polsinelli and immediate family in her hometown of Sora, Italy and her sister-in-law Giuseppina Scalia and immediate family in California, and all family across the USA and Canada. She was a loving Nonna to Marco, Nicolas, Giovanni, Dario, Amanda, Adriano, Isabella, Sofia, Matteo, Benjamin and Gabriel who adored her wholeheartedly. 

Viewing will be held at Bernardo Funeral Home 2960 Dufferin Street, Toronto. Thursday March 30^th from 2-4 pm and 6-9 pm.

Funeral at 10am, March 31st at St. Charles Borromeo, 811 Lawrence Ave W, North York. She will be buried at Westminster Cemetery, Mausoleum & Cremation Centre, 5830 Bathurst St, North York.