Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation

It is with unbearable sadness and shattered hearts that we announce the passing of our beautiful daughter Vanessa Musacchio. A kind, gentle, humble, compassionate, and pure soul who was always full of life.

Vanessa passed away peacefully in her sleep at home on Friday, May 28th 2021. We had the honour and privilege to have Vanessa in our life - with her contagious laugh and joie de vivre.

She fell in love with her sister, Tori, at first sight. Vanessa’s role as a big sister was her biggest priority. Her relationship with Tori was immense; they were like two magnets always drawn together and could never be separated. They were a perfect fit.

She loved her late great grandfather Nicola Rotiroti, her late grandfathers Vito Romano and Luigi Musacchio, and her grandmothers Caterina Romano and Vittoria Musacchio. She considered herself extremely lucky to have been brought up in an Italian family. She was constantly asking her grandparents about their past and wanted to carry on their tradition.

Her aunts and uncles were very special to her. She always looked forward to their visits, embracing the chaos that came with it.

She grew up surrounded by the love of her cousins. She always aspired to be just like them and continuously shared stories about them with everyone she met; her goal was for the world to know exactly who her cousins were and, for those fortunate enough to hear her stories, she fulfilled that goal.

Hamed, the love of her life, is a wonderful young man who embraced and encouraged Vanessa to be herself and surrounded her with his love, kindness, warmth, and positive energy. They were truly made for each other and we are so happy that they were able to spend the past couple of years together.

She touched the lives of many people that she met during her short life. She considered her friends as her extended family and always looked forward to spending time with them - she had true love for them.

Vanessa loved her mom and dad and was never afraid to express the immense love for them. She was forever affectionate and made sure that they were ok. Her nightly ritual always ended with a big hug that would take their breath away and an, “I love you so much momma and I love you poppa”.

We love you baby girl.

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Fundraising Honor Roll

Rosaria Abreu

$1,100

Michael Musacchio

$1,075

Mark Dervishian

$1,000

Seema Panda

$752

Anna Di Tomaso

$525

Michael Musacchio

$502

POPPA - MOMMY AND TORI

$502

Ram Panda

$500

Evanthia Karassavidis

$400

Alyssa Smith

$400

Dina Bourdakos

$400

Lyndsay Buckles

$390

❤️ Momma ❤️ Poppa ❤️ Tori

$302

Franca Romano

$300

Arturo Choa

$300

Nicola Musacchio

$300

Alfred J. Rotiroti Sr

$250

Derek Henrico

$250

Maria Musacchio

$250

Diana Destounis

$250

Thomas Belliveau

$250

Felicea Sancini

$250

Tanya Panda

$250

Alyssa Smith

$202

Vivian Hanna

$200

Amalia Musacchio

$200

Linda Camaiani

$200

Antonia Vasilakopoulos

$200

Hamed Ranjbar

$160

Olivia Varsaneux

$150

Kathleen Da Silveira

$150

Filomena Rotiroti

$150

Martin Deubler

$150

Chrissy Giouzelis

$150

Roger Desmarais

$150

Nicola Rotiroti

$150

Nicholas Roti

$150

Anna Romano

$150

Anna Di Tomaso

$102

Marie Mancino

$102

Ms. Anna Di Tomaso

$102

Nihal Mandanna C.P.

$100

Frank Diaco

$100

Boyang Jiao

$100

Nora Shaalan

$100

Max Vizcaino

$100

Nadim El Hage

$100

Zia Franca and Zio Lenny

$100

Enza Varacalli

$100

Tony Bertucci

$100

Giancarlo Mai

$100

Angela Wong

$100

Mary Bertucci

$100

Alexa Gore

$100

Teresa Viola

$100

Dan Poenaru

$100

Marie Mancino

$100

Chadia El-Jechi

$100

Antonio Romano

$100

Pina Carlisi

$100

Renee Rogers

$100

Anonymous

$100

Lawrence Clemen

$100

Joe Farinacci

$100

Bonnie Rosenberger Kitner

$100

Francesca Montanaro

$100

Dyan Kimia

$100

Heidi Loerick

$100

Annelise Yong

$100

Jose Gaspar

$100

Gail Goldman

$100

Lenoard Smofsky

$100

Xenia Katravas

$100

Alanoly Andrews

$100

Pablo Romero Abiti

$100

Elaine Brandt-Hofman

$100

Anonymous

$100

Bridget Xie

$100

Nada Dalessio

$100

Mary Viola

$100

Caterina Bertucci

$100

Erika Brazinskis

$100

Flora Pisaturo

$100

Tara Gore

$100

Magda El Taji

$100

Janna Shapiro

$100

Toros Babikian

$100

Nancy Reich

$100

Lisa Triestino

$100

Rosie Bertucci

$100

Anonymous

$100

Carley Warner-Hussey

$70

Fanny Dubois

$60

Tanya Ferro

$60

Audrey Pitaru

$50

Haresh Gundlapalli

$50

Lara Chauvin

$50

Samantha Barcelo

$50

Mitchell Billard

$50

Sophie Birks

$50

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