elevated QNy2E February 20, 1929 – December 7, 2022

elevated QNy2E Visitation
Saturday December 17, 2022 from 11am to 1:15pm

elevated QNy2E Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home
211 Langstaff Road East, Thornhill, ON, L3T 3Z6

elevated QNy2E Funeral Mass – Chapel of St. Joseph (within the Funeral Home)
Saturday December 17, 2022 at 1:30pm

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elevated QNy2E Entombment
Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
8361 Yonge Street, Thornhill, ON, L3T 2C7

elevated QNy2E Obituary

elevated QNy2E On December 7, 2022, heaven’s bells rang for Pasquantonio Giansante and on angel’s wings, he entered Paradise’s Gates and reunited with his beloved wife, Grazietta Giansante, who predeceased him on January 12, 2021.Pasquantonio was born on February 20, 1929, in Roccamorice, Pescara, Italy, to Donato Giansante and Felice Parete, both predeceased. He was the youngest of four children and the only son.  He was adored and loved by his beloved three older sisters, Concetta Napoleone, Antonietta D’Alimonte, and Angiolina Giansante, who all predeceased him, and he adored and loved them back just as much.

elevated QNy2E On April 1, 1959, alone, and in pursuit of a better life for him and his family, Pasquantonio embarked on a long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada, and on April 11, 1959, he docked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and made his way to Toronto. He settled, secured a steady job as a bricklayer, and in March, 1963, his wife and two young daughters made the same journey to join him. In 1967, he and his wife welcomed their only son, Donato, who was born a twin; but, unfortunately, his twin sister was stillborn. Pasquantonio sacrificed and worked so hard in various fields to ensure that his family was well taken care of.  He lived a very simple and honest life, always making his family his priority.

elevated QNy2E Pasquantonio had a beautiful soul and a heart of gold. He was such a gentle, warm, charismatic, compassionate, generous, and loving man.  Two of his strongest traits were humility and integrity.  He was a devoted son, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, uncle, and a friend to many.  At his humble home on Silverthorn Avenue, he welcomed everyone to share a meal, a glass of his homemade wine, and endless conversations and stories from the old country and current days. There was always room for one more at his family’s table and a care package to take.

elevated QNy2E Pasquantonio’s passion was growing a vegetable garden.  Year after year, from spring to fall, he planted and tended to his vegetable garden that produced bountiful vegetables.  He also grew two fig trees from its twigs.  Carefully and gently, to protect the trees from Canada’s harsh winters, he buried them in the fall and dug them up in the spring. The trees produced baskets of delicious, juicy, and plump figs for many years that were a labour of his love. He was proud of his Italian heritage and kept up with the traditions.  He was skillful in the art of making tomato sauce, wine, prosciutto, sausages, and pizzelle’s, which he was happiest sharing with family and friends.

elevated QNy2E In his later years, sadly, Pasquantonio developed dementia, which stripped him of his independence.  It was heartbreaking to witness such a vibrant, strong, independent, active man become silent, not recognizing his family or friends, forgetting how to eat and walk, being robbed of his pleasures and passions, and deteriorating from day to day.

elevated QNy2E Pasquantonio was a devoted husband to Grazietta (Pietrantonio), loving and caring father to Felicetta (Phyllis), Lucia (Lucy), and Donato (Danny); partner Luzviminda, an adoring grandfather to Tonya Risi and Lucas Risi, which he was instrumental in raising, and a proud great grandfather to Nolan Esposito.

elevated QNy2E He will be greatly missed by his extended family in Canada, France, Italy and Belgium. Your task on earth has ended.  Now it is time for your Rest.

elevated QNy2E Rest in eternal peace!

elevated QNy2E “Death is not the end of life; it is the beginning of an internal journey.”

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