Suddenly, on January 3, JOSEPHINE RANIOLO, née Pisani, widow of Italo, passed away at Mater Dei Hospital.

She leaves to mourn her loss her children Annamaria and her husband Peter Grima, Marco and his wife Monique, née Dougall, Sandro and his wife Christine Pillsbury, Daniela and her husband Luigi Sansone, Francesca and her husband Edward Borg, together with her grandchildren, Sebastian and his partner Elena, Thomas, Katrina and her fiancé Jake, Georgia, India, Valentina, Matteo, Marc, Ella, Amelia and Rafel, and her treasured great-grandson Oliver; her brothers and sisters Carmel, Mary, Alice, widow of her brother Salvinu, Michael, Frank and Lilian and their respective spouses, her lifelong friend Violet, and all her relatives and friends.

The funeral cortège leaves Mater Dei Hospital on Thursday, January 7, at 9am, for the Sanctuary of Divine Mercy, San Pawl Tat-Tarġa, where Mass præsente cadavere will be said at 9.30am, followed by interment at Santa Maria Addolorata Cemetery.

No flowers by request, but donations to the Ursuline Crèche, Sliema, would be greatly appreciated.

May the Lord grant her eternal rest.