Obituary of Rebecca Gutierrez

GUTIERREZ, Rebecca Suddenly while vacationing in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Monday, March 17, 2008. Daughter of the late Feliciana and Hugo Gutierrez, she is survived by her sisters, Rosa de Castro and Leticia Chen, her brothers Hugo, Cunegundo and Leonidas. Loving aunt to her many nieces and nephews including May Lyn, Sharon, Sue Lyn, Leo Jr. and Raymin. Rebecca was born on February 19,1936 in Lubao, Pampanga, Philippines. She was a nurse for over 30 years at Sunnybrook Hospital. After retiring from Sunnybrook Hospital, she spent much time travelling the World with family and friends and being a Sunday School teacher at Fairbank United Church. She was taken before her loving family and many friends could say goodbye and she will be fondly remembered for her genuine caring for others, energetic personality and good humour. The family gives special thanks to Lyne Benoit, Honorary Consul of Canada and Sally Dowe Marchand, Consular Affairs Bureau for helping to bring Rebecca home. The family will receive friends at the HUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME - A. W. MILES CHAPEL, 1403 Bayview Avenue (south of Eglinton Avenue East) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25. A service will be held 1 o'clock on Wednesday, March 26 in the chapel. Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Donations in memory of Rebecca may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society, 20 Holly Street, Suite #101, Toronto, ON M4S 3B1 or Fairbank United Church of Canada, 2750 Dufferin Street, Toronto, ON M6B 3R4. Condolences and memories may be forwarded through www.humphreymiles.com