Melinda Uhler Cotrufo

Remembering Ms. Cotrufo with fond memories. Blessings from Lomita Magnet, Ti'Lar(LMU) & Tori (Torrance High) Jackson - 4.30.2020

What a shock that Mindy has passed on. I was doing an Ancestry.com search of old friends and ran across the entry. I was PVHS class of '63 but Mindy was out of my league. Still, I was brave enough to ask her out a time or two, and she was nice enough to accept. What a beautiful, smart and sweet girl she was, and what a wonderful woman she turned out to be.

Thanks so much for leaving this Guest Book open and for the opportunity to say a few words.

Melinda Cotrufo, top rated effective teacher
The Daily Breeze rated teachers effectiveness in 2010
Anyone who saw Ms. Cotrufo teach, or witness the success of her student's lives and their children's lives..
Melinda's "rating"... Melinda never cared about any scores but her students.

http://projects.latimes.com/value-added/teacher/melinda-uhler-cotrufo/

Eric, a fellow teacher at Lomita Magnet:
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It is with heavy heart that we report the passing of one of our dearest teachers. She was sick for a long time but came to work anyways to do what she loved best, teaching her third grade class. Ms. Cotrufo will always be remembered as a warm, caring, nurturing person and a highly dedicated teacher. She made sure that her students were taken care of first, sending them home each day with her signature shoulder hug. We will miss her...

Thank you everyone, please keep Melinda Cotrufo...
Mrs. Cotrufo alive by paying yourselves forward, one child, one soul, everyone was precious and mattered to Mindi, please...
"Make it So"

I miss my sister so much, as we all do.
Thank you for your thoughts and memories to help us all know as Mindi always knew ... We all can change our world, one child and one soul at a time.

Thank you Larry, I added Mindi's PVHS Graduation picture to her photo gallery.
Thank you for your kind thoughts, I think of my sister everyday.
Marci