BELO, Francelina Correia - Died of heart failure at the age of 85 at Humber River Hospital on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
Francelina was born on March 5,1936 in Madeira, Portugal and was the youngest of three children.
She will now join her mother, Maria Rosa Fernandes, her father, Jose Correia, who called her a Minha Preta, her sister Bemvinda Rodrigues and her brother, Jose Correia in Heaven.
She married Joao Belo on May 8, 1958 at the age of 22 and immigrated to Toronto, Canada. Francelina and her husband raised two daughters, Rosa and Susan, of whom she loved and was proud of.
Her greatest joy was being a grandmother to four grandchildren, Raquel, David, Ryan and Christine.
She will be greatly missed by her family, daughters and son in laws (Susan/Joe), (Rosa/David), Grandchildren and their partners (Raquel/Steve), (David/Andrea), Ryan, Christine and other family members.
She enjoyed her conversations with her grandchildren: Raquel...she calls “Ola Linda”, meaning beautiful in Portuguese, David…. “My Handsome”, Ryan... with his long hair, “you look like Jesus” and Christine during their conversations…they would call each other “Crazy Genius” and then laugh and say that it is the good kind of crazy.
She retired on disability at the age of 63 from Connor Clark Private Council.A special thank you to the doctors and nurses at Humber Valley Hospital, Emergency and 14th floor for taking care of our beautiful mother.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 29th at Cardinal Funeral Home, Toronto and funeral service will be held on Monday, August 30th at 10am at St. Anthony's Church, 1041 Bloor Street West, Toront
Donations to the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health or the Heart and Stroke Foundation in memory of Francelina Belo will be appreciated by the family.
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