Philomene O'Toole (née Coppola)
It is with great difficulty and immense sadness that I have to announce the passing of one of the few brightest lights this world had to offer, one of the unwritten wonders of the world herself: my mother, Phyllis Coppola O'Toole, who left us all on May 22, 2022, at 71 years old with her head held high and her heart still on her sleeve.
She parted ways onto a new journey and to roads unknown leaving behind the many wonderful faces we all knew her by. She was the rock and centerpiece to her husband, Gary O'Toole. She was the loving and devoted little sister to her only standing brother now, Dominic Coppola. She was the teacher and guide to her son, Danny O'Toole and her daughter-in-law, Caroline Seguin. She was the closest friend and helper to her daughter, Nancy O'Toole. And she was the protector and all-around walking personification of a hug and warm sunny day to her four grandchildren, Anne-Sophie Beland, Megan O'Toole, Lea O'Toole and Emma O'Toole, all while being a mom to her precious dog, Angel.
That's not even counting all who she brought into her house as her very own and into her soul with pure ease who should also be written up here but by golly the list would be too long (as everyone knows). And yet, as I said, that's not all who she was either as she was anything and everything, friend, second mother, aunt, cousin, storyteller, comedian, etc to so many people that to our wondering thoughts, it would find her within seconds as she was simply that unforgettable.
The world has certainly gotten a lot colder now, lonelier, and immensely dimmer, but hopefully her smile, generosity, laughter, and kindness are always kept to mind and passed on to others in need of a hand to hold, while the strength she continuously had and fought with to the very end be something we each gain a piece of in our own walk through life while, touch wood, engulfing each and every one of us with her warmth, comfort and sunshine.
I love you eternally, Mom. Thank you for everything.
I'm sorry for not having found the right words to say then and now.
I miss you so very much and always will.
She parted ways onto a new journey and to roads unknown leaving behind the many wonderful faces we all knew her by. She was the rock and centerpiece to her husband, Gary O'Toole. She was the loving and devoted little sister to her only standing brother now, Dominic Coppola. She was the teacher and guide to her son, Danny O'Toole and her daughter-in-law, Caroline Seguin. She was the closest friend and helper to her daughter, Nancy O'Toole. And she was the protector and all-around walking personification of a hug and warm sunny day to her four grandchildren, Anne-Sophie Beland, Megan O'Toole, Lea O'Toole and Emma O'Toole, all while being a mom to her precious dog, Angel.
That's not even counting all who she brought into her house as her very own and into her soul with pure ease who should also be written up here but by golly the list would be too long (as everyone knows). And yet, as I said, that's not all who she was either as she was anything and everything, friend, second mother, aunt, cousin, storyteller, comedian, etc to so many people that to our wondering thoughts, it would find her within seconds as she was simply that unforgettable.
The world has certainly gotten a lot colder now, lonelier, and immensely dimmer, but hopefully her smile, generosity, laughter, and kindness are always kept to mind and passed on to others in need of a hand to hold, while the strength she continuously had and fought with to the very end be something we each gain a piece of in our own walk through life while, touch wood, engulfing each and every one of us with her warmth, comfort and sunshine.
I love you eternally, Mom. Thank you for everything.
I'm sorry for not having found the right words to say then and now.
I miss you so very much and always will.