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Maria DelCol It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Maria DelCol (formerly Mascherin), beloved wife of the late Vittorio who predeceased her in 1972. Although proud of the heritage of the Friuli culture from Northern Italy, that she shared with her husband and left behind in 1934, she loved Canada and the life it gave her in Timmins even more. In this town founded after a gold rush not even twenty years before Vittorio arrived in 1930, together they successfully built full new lives. In these they were loved, respected, active and were founder members of two of the pillars in their community; the new Italian Sacred Heart Church where their infant daughter was the first recipient of the sacrament of baptism ministered by Father Fontana and later in the Dante Club all of which played significant roles in their daughter’s wedding twenty four years later. Because of this broad and committed support group of family and friends Maria was able to maintain her independence and live alone in her beloved Timmins for 32 years waiting to be reunited with the man she fell in love with as a thirteen year old. At the age of 90, after a long life that saw much development and change, she developed heart and breathing problems and was no longer able maintain her independence she was welcomed into her daughter's home in Willowdale, Toronto. She finally was granted her wish to be once again with her beloved Vittorio when, after a two year battle, her tired heart stopped at 12:15 a.m. on 16 February, aged 91. As the treasured Mama, Nonna, and Nonna Bisa she was loved and will be sadly missed by her daughter Neli Davies and son-in-law Donald, her grand-daughters Melanie Michael and husband Andréé of London, Cassandra Davies Ingram and husband Robert (Rob) of Barrie, and Vanessa Davies of Toronto and companion Corey and great granddaughters Melinda and Aleisha Michael and Quinn Ingram and great grandson Owen Ingram. She and her family cherish and are so grateful to the family members and friends in Timmins who enabled this generous, loving, feisty, strong willed, independent lady to retain her dignity and sense of self for so long in her own home with its joyous memories. Flowers or donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation will be gratefully accepted. Funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday February 22, 2005 from Sacred Heart Church. Family will receive friends on Monday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the MIRON-WILSON FUNERAL HOME, Timmins. - 2/18/2005 - ID5695483