Mary Josephine Byrne
elevated 7cnja March 25, 1928 – April 9, 2025
elevated 7cnja Visitation
Friday April 11, 2025 from 2pm to 4pm & 6pm to 8pm
elevated 7cnja Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home
211 Langstaff Road East, Thornhill, ON, L3T 3Z6
elevated 7cnja Funeral Mass – Chapel of St. Joseph (within the Funeral Home)
Saturday April 12, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.
elevated 7cnja Interment
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
8361 Yonge Street, Thornhill, ON, L3T 2C7
elevated 7cnja Reception – Chapel of St. Joseph (within the Funeral Home)
Following the Interment in Hall 3 & 4
elevated 7cnja Obituary
elevated 7cnja Passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday April 9, 2025 at the age of 97 years. She was the beloved wife of the late Patrick Byrne (2005), loving mother of Laraine, Paul (Sandy), Sheila (Paul), Alan, Roy (Gina), Gregory (Fatima) and Michael; cherished grandmother of Laura (Brett), Victoria, Tara, Candace (deceased), Nelson (Krysta), Cristina (Andrew) Michael, Nicholas, Thomas, Jessica and Nicole, and great grandmother of Aurora, Logan, Charlotte, Violet, James, Robert, Julie, Liam and Natalie.
elevated 7cnja She was predeceased by her siblings: Issac, James, Julia, Christina and Theresa. Mary was born in Dublin, Ireland on March 25, 1928 and immigrated to Toronto in 1954, where she enjoyed a wonderful life with her family and friends.
elevated 7cnja Her greatest joy was shopping for her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, and then watching them open their presents at family gatherings.
elevated 7cnja In lieu of flowers a donation made to the Heart and Stroke would be appreciated by the family.
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Greg, Paul and family. My deepest condolences in the loss of your mother. I hope the many years of memories provide some comfort in the coming days, months and years
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm on your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Nanny was the heart of our family. I will forever remember Nanny for her generosity, genuine joy of life, and courage to raise seven children. She made us laugh often, loved us all deeply, and showed us what it meant to live with our hearts.
Sending condolences to the entire Byrne family. Thinking of you all at this sad time. May was one of a kind and I know she will be missed by all.
To all of the Byrne family, We send you our sincere condolences on the passing of your mom. She was a neighbourhood icon, always sharing news and shopping deals, and asking about our families – ever ready for a good chat.
Please know that we are thinking of you all as you face this loss.
In sympathy,
Heather Dunlop, Terry Quinney and family
To the Byrne Families our deepest condolences to you all your Mother was the staple of the neighborhood and like a Mother to us all growing up on the Greatest Street in Willowdale our beloved CONNAUGHT Avenue
My she rest in peace and is now reunite with your Father 🙏
Mark Joesy
Alessia and Adam
Mitro
My deepest condolences to all the Byrne family, her friends, and neighbours.
This has totally crushed my loving heart into so many pieces.
I just lost two of my loving best friends a month apart, and on the same date.
Your mother was my shopping buddy we enjoyed going to many different stores in our neighbourhood looking for everything on sale.
And it had to be at least 75% off or higher than that for us to buy it.
You mother loved buy socks and t-shirts and other things with all different sayings on them for everyone in her family.
But the most important thing for her was what the price tag said on it.
She always said I wanted everything cheaper or for free, and I sometimes got it for free.
I called her the $1.00 or $2.00 dollar lady.
All the many stores we loved shopping in over the many years will not be the same without my dear loving friend May at my side.
It will be very difficult and wired once I finally get back to driving long distances and come back to my old neighbourhood and go into all these different stores without my dear loving friend May with myself.
I will cherish all these beautiful memories in my loving heart forever.
And I will shed some tears for sure thinking about her as I shop.
And wishing she was still here with myself and all of you too.
May loved to make cupcakes weekly for her family, for myself, and she loved sharing with her neighbours too.
Because that was just her way.
Being so kind and caring person always.
She loved to give myself something every-time I went to her house even if it was just some cookies, or something she just crocheted.
Or something for my dog Jackie.
And she always had a hot chocolate getting ready for myself and she always had a cup of tea for herself or she was giving myself a glass of juice or a cold bottle of water to take in my vehicle if we were going out shopping together somewhere.
It was always gave her a choice to where she wanted to go shopping.
I was just her friend and personal driver she told everyone in each store we shop in this each time.
I loved taking her up to Lake Simcoe and into my future subdivision to where I now live up in Georgina, Ontario.
We even went shopping at giant tiger and she bought some more socks and we bought steaks at the No Frills just down the street from my new subdivision.
To take back home to Toronto.
May loved to see the lake and the water rolling in.
And we never wanted to go back home to Toronto
because where I live now is like living on a whole different planet because it’s so peaceful has fresh air and it’s so relaxing all the time.
Not any “Rat Races” or “Traffic Jams” up here at all.
May always said if she was 10 to 15 years younger she would have bought a brand new house in my new subdivision, and street.
That would have been awesome to have her here.
I’m sorry that May never got to come, and see my beautiful new house and she never got to sit down on my large covered-in front porch or got to sit in my great room or on my brand new backyard deck or got to see our future clubhouse with a in-ground swimming pool outside or sit with myself at the lake shore dock for my private community.
But I know she will be a beautiful Angel watching over myself and her loving family everyday, and always.
Then she will see myself.
Her house was her families go to place on any given day or holiday.
I hope you all cherish these memories in all your hearts forever and always.
Willowdale has lost another beautiful person that loved where she made it her home.
Fly high with all the beautiful Angels May my dear friend until we meet again.
May thank you for being there for myself and being a kind, caring friend and person always.
I will totally miss talking to you over the phone and coming to see you this summer or anytime at your house.
I’m sorry I can’t attend your visitation or funeral because you know I’m still recovering from my fractured left hip and upper leg, and I can’t walk that well and I’m not allowed to leave my house or drive anywhere at all my two doctor’s orders specifically when it’s still snowing outside where I live everyday, and it’s very icy, slippery here too.
Please understand this situation I’m in.
I’m so sorry but I have to follow my two doctor’s orders and I don’t want to end up back in the hospital.
With something else broken.
And they don’t want that for myself either.
It hasn’t been easy what so ever being in my new house 24/7 for the last 6 months + and not being able to go outside at all or anywhere at all.
Not even allowed to go shopping for any food or looking for any bargains in my new town or seeing my dear friend May at her house.
Love always, Darlene OXOXO.