1935-2024

Maria Remedios Benitez passed away peacefully on Sunday, June 16th surrounded by all her family at Scarborough Health Network – Centenary Site at the age of 89 years old.

Beloved wife to Patrickson. Loving mama/mother to Frank (Chie), Dean (Mary Ann), Susan (Larry), Vina (Joel) and Gigi (Nat). Adored and cherished by her many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She will be very missed by her extended family and friends.

Maria loved her family dearly. She was known as many things such as super mom/granny, cool mom/granny, super Wawa and Wawa the great.

She enjoyed travelling and going to church. She considered St. Therese the Little Flower of Jesus her best friend and always by her side. Maria’s heart was filled with compassion and generosity.

She would give to charity and volunteer countless hours at the church. She loved dressing up in costumes on Halloween and Christmas but nevertheless always dressed to the nines.

Sometimes even some purple hairspray made its way into her style.

Red roses were her favourite flower. She loved to party with her family and friends. She also loved dancing, she was known as a disco queen!