Obituary for
Marie Rita Lorraine Tobey
TOBEY (Brophy), Marie Rita Lorraine - Beloved wife of Thomas Tobey, died in Burlington, May 18, 2006. Born June 5, 1924 in Toronto, Rita was the youngest and last surviving sibling of the ten children of Charles-Honore and Annie Brochu. Predeceased by her first husband Joseph Brophy in 1964 and by their youngest son Peter Brophy in 1996. Survived and mourned by her husband Thomas Tobey and by her children Michael and Joy Brophy of North Bay, George and Lorraine Brophy of St. Augustine, Ont., Louise Brophy and Christopher Moore of Toronto, Paul Brophy and Nancy Cunningham of Burlington, by Ron Tobey of Barrie, Pam and Ron Poulin of Welland, Nancy McCool of Oshawa, Karen and Bob Skinner of Wasaga Beach, and by her twenty-one grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. Rita was proud of her family and her French Canadian heritage. Her caring ways, quick wit, and generosity touched the lives of many. She was greatly loved and will be warmly remembered by relatives and friends in Burlington, Hamilton, Toronto, Goderich, Victoria Harbour and Dungannon, Ont., Bradenton, Florida, and Echuca, Australia. Visitation at SMITH`S FUNERAL HOME, 485 Brant Street (one block north of City Hall), BURLINGTON (905-632-3333) on Sunday 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Brant Street (at Blairholm) on Monday, May 22, 2006 at 10 a.m. Private Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Burlington. If desired, expressions of sympathy to The Society of St. Vincent de Paul would be sincerely appreciated by the family. Vigil for Rita, Sunday 3 p.m. at the Funeral Home