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GIRARDO, Darlene Ellen (nee Ziegler) 1958-2024
In loving memory of Darlene Ellen Girardo who passed peacefully in the early hours of August 28, 2024, at McNally House Hospice in Grimsby. Loved by many and known by all for her bravery, quick wit and loving heart, Dar will be greatly missed.
Born in 1958 and raised as the youngest of six children, Darlene learned early in childhood that being the baby of the family didn’t necessarily mean being the weakest. Whether it be sticking up for her older sisters, or not backing down from her brothers, she developed a strength at an early age that would come to define her throughout life. Throughout her lengthy and successful professional career as a customs broker or her personal career as a loving wife, sister, aunt, and friend, “strength” and “Dar” became interchangeable.
A lover of dogs, “White Christmas”, and all things “I Love Lucy”, she would spend hours laughing and reciting old quotes with her sister Karo, neither knowing who was Lucy and who was Ethel. Dar found her true love when she reunited with Anthony Girardo, an old family friend, with the two marrying in 2002. Together, the two of them moved to Ridgeway and filled a home with jokes, laughter, love, and hundreds of thousands of Italian tomatoes and soppressata sausages. Their passion for life together became an inspiration for everybody around them.
For Dar life was all about family and in this difficult time we can take comfort in knowing that she will be reunited in Heaven with her mother Margie, her husband Anthony, and her brother Arnie (Ellen). She will be dearly missed by the rest of her loving family, including her siblings Dianne (Jerry), Gary (Debbie), Dan (Susan), and Karo (Eugene). She will also be missed by Joe (Ashley), Stephanie (Mark), Christina (Jeremy), Meghan (Shane), and all of her other many nieces and nephews, and great-nieces and nephews.
Thank you to the wonderful people at West Lincoln Memorial Hospital and McNally House Hospice for making her comfortable in her final weeks. In lieu of flowers Darlene requests that donations be made to McNally House Hospice in Grimsby.
A celebration of life will be held on Sunday September 15, 2024 at Peninsula Ridge Winery, 5600 King Street West in Beamsville, Ontario, from 12 – 4 pm. Her one request is for everybody attending to wear some form of yellow, her favourite colour.
Wednesday August 28th 2024
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death notice Darlene Ellen Girardo Ziegler Wednesday August 28th 2024
obituaries notice Darlene Ellen Girardo Ziegler Wednesday August 28th 2024
We offer our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Darlene Ellen Girardo Ziegler Wednesday August 28th 2024 and hope that their memory may be a source of comfort during this difficult time. Your thoughts and kind words are greatly appreciated.
