After 95 years of a life well lived and devoted to her family, Benedetta peacefully passed away at Welland Hospital on Thursday, November 7, 2024. Beloved wife to Alfonzo (1997). Devoted and loving mother to Maria (George) Tirpko and Nick (Linda). Nonna will be sadly missed and always remembered by her grandchildren Geoffrey (Jennifer) Tirpko, Christopher (Carissa) Tirpko and Nicholas D’Ammizio. Bisnonna will live on in the hearts of her great grandchildren Ava, Colson, Claire and Charlotte Tirpko. Benedetta is survived by her brother Angelo (Sylvana) Risi but predeceased by siblings Giuseppe “Joe” (Giovanna “Joanne”) Risi, Mario (surviving spouse Carmela) Risi, Addolorata (Vincenzo “Jimmy”) Leone and her parents Antonio and Giacinta Risi. Benedetta will be missed by her many nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends. Nonna sends many thanks to Joanne Watkins for everything she has done, including the continuing care of Nonna’s beloved pet Sophia.
Benedetta immigrated from Terelle, Italy, and became a longtime resident of Thorold. She lived a life committed to being kind and compassionate, and she could make anything she touched “work” -whether it was her great talent for sewing, from a pattern she would design, to building a house alongside her husband; she was a wonderful cook that we are all so grateful for, to her gardening skills – fig trees! She loved and cared for her children and grandchildren and her wisdom and strength of character are an inspiration and will be carried on in her family.
Visitors will be received at BOCCHINFUSO FUNERAL HOME 2 Regent Street, Thorold on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 from 2:00 -4:00 PM and 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Vigil Prayers will be recited at 2:00 PM. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Wednesday at OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY CHURCH 21 Queen Street South, Thorold at 11:00 AM. Rite of committal Pleasantview Memorial Gardens. Donations to Heart & Stroke or Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church and online condolences in Benedetta’s memory may be left at www.Bocchinfusofh.com.