SHEILA ANNE GALLIVAN

(nee Delanty) (1932 – 2025) Visitation: Friday, May 16, 2025, from 6-8 p.m., Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home, 211 Langstaff Road East, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 3Z6. Funeral Mass: Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 10:30 a.m., Chapel of St. Joseph at Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home, 211 Langstaff Road East, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 3Z6. Interment: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery – Section 40, 8361 Yonge Street, Thornhill, Ontario L3T 3Z6. Sheila passed away on May 11, 2025, after many years of dealing with Parkinson's Disease. Survived by her number one fan and loving husband, Bob, and their four daughters, Anne-Marie (Edward De Jong), Kathleen (Drew Fagan), Jennifer (Jeffrey Prior) and Monica (Michael Roszak); and by seven grandchildren to whom she was devoted, Christopher, Jeffrey, Jenna, Emma, Aidan, Paige, Claire; and three great-grandchildren, Brielle, Ava and Kai. She was predeceased by her infant daughter, Claire; and her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, who died tragically of brain cancer in 2017. Even though separated by distance, she remained close to her sister, Joan Erskine (Norman, deceased) of Winnipeg; and her brothers, James Delanty (Monica) of Huntington Beach, California, and Peter Delanty (Suzanne) of Cobourg. She is fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews, and her many cherished friends throughout her life. A native of Cobourg, Sheila enjoyed playing tennis and bridge most of her adult life, and was a dedicated volunteer to countless causes, and an award-winning volunteer at Hospice Thornhill. She had a prodigious memory of significant family events and was an entertaining storyteller. Blessed with a strong faith, she was a longtime member of St. Luke's Roman Catholic Parish in Thornhill and more recently at Our Lady of Grace in Aurora. The family will receive friends at Holy Cross Catholic Funeral Home, 211 Langstaff Road East (west of Bayview Avenue), from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, May 16th. The Mass of Christian Burial will take place within the funeral home in the Chapel of St. Joseph on Saturday, May 17th, at 10:30 a.m. The final rite of committal and interment will take place following the Funeral Mass. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Sheila's memory to a Charity of Your Choice.