Maria Pilar Lapeña (née Velasco)

December 21, 2019

LAPEÑA, Maria Pilar (née VELASCO) passed away peacefully at the Cardinal Ambrozic Houses of Providence on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the age of 90. Pilar was born December 7, 1929 in Zaragoza, Spain, and immigrated in 1962 with her husband and first three sons to Brossard, Québec, where a daughter and two more sons were born, before moving to Toronto in 1978. She was the dearly beloved wife of the late José Luis and cherished mother of Carlos (Patricia), Francisco Javier (Diane), Manuel (Shari), Luis, Marta (Andre) and Fernando. Dear grandmother of Estevan, Andrés, Ava, Caitlin, Alexander, Daniel, Alicia, Christopher and Julia. Pili will be remembered for her devotion to husband and family, her love of style and great social life. She had wonderful friends to the end. Funeral mass will be held at The Franciscan Church of St. Bonaventure, 1300 Leslie Street, Toronto, on Friday, January 3, 2020 at 10:30 a.m. Interment to follow at Mount Hope Catholic Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.