RAFFAELE,Gaetana (nee Riccardi)

Gaetana RAFFAELE (nee Riccardi)
RAFFAELE, Gaetana (nee Riccardi) Passed away peacefully at Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington, on Sunday, September 11, 2016, at the age of 87. Beloved wife for 60 years of the late Rosario (2015). Loving mother of Maria and Lucio Carrescia and Joanne Raffaele-McElwin and Graham McElwin. Cherished grand- mother of Adam and Tania Carrescia, and Ross and Tania Aitken (Bill Aitken). Visitation at SMITH’S FUNERAL HOME, 1167 Guelph Line (one stop light north of QEW), BURLINGTON (905-632-3333) on Tuesday, September 13, 2016 from 6-9 p.m. Prayers for Gaetana at 8:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. Entombment at Highland Memory Gardens, North York. For those who wish memorial donations to the Alzheimer Society, Canadian Cancer Society, or the Canadian Diabetes Association would be sincerely appreciated by the family. www.smithsfh.com