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Yolanda Rosa Obituary
YOLANDA VENDRAMIN ROSA Yolanda Vendramin Rosa "Gigi," 89, a Las Vegas resident since 1961, died peacefully April 26, 2011, at Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, from complications of advanced age. She died with the same dignity she lived her entire life. She was born Yolanda Marie Giacometti, July 20, 1921, in Worthington, Ontario, Canada. In 1940, she married Julio V. Vendramin in Port Colborne, Ontario; and they had four children, Loretta (John) Thorndal and Bonita Newsome of Las Vegas, Diana (Wes) Herrick and Bruce Vendramin of Sevierville, Tenn. They lived in Port Colborne and Niagara Falls, Ontario, and emigrated to Niagara Falls, N.Y. in 1955. Upon becoming United States citizens in 1961, the family of six moved to Las Vegas. Her marriage of 28 years ended when her loving husband, Julio, died unexpectedly in 1968. She later met Clarence "CJ" Rosa while working at the Westward Ho Hotel. They wed in 1970 and moved to Palm Springs, Calif., where for several years, they managed the Palm Springs Westward Ho Hotel. They returned to Las Vegas and continued working at the Las Vegas Hotel until retirement. Her second marriage of 30 years ended when her loving husband, CJ died in Las Vegas in 2000. In addition to her four children, she is survived by her sister, Cynthia (George) Small of Niagara Falls, Ontario; sisters-in-law, Maria Giacometti and Norma Marielle of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; and stepson, Duane (Lynn) Rosa of Amarillo, Texas. She is also survived by numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren who knew her as "Gigi" and extended family in Canada and the U.S. Besides her parents and her husbands Julio and CJ, she was preceded in death by her brother, Mario Giacometti; nephew, Richard Giacometti, both of Niagara Falls, N.Y.; grandson, Jason A. Thorndal; and great-grandson, Daniel J. Carbonell, both of Las Vegas. Yolanda was a spiritual, gracious and caring woman, who had compassion for friends and family. She was a member of Our Lady of Las Vegas Church for 50 years. Following cremation, her urn will be placed in the family plot at Palm Memorial Park - Northwest, Garden of Eternal Life, 6701 N. Jones Blvd., after private graveside services. Donations can be made to Nathan Adelson Hospice, 4141 S. Swenson St., Las Vegas, NV 89119-6718.
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Debbie Schulman
July 20, 2025
Happy Birthday to the loveiest Grandma there ever was. We will love you and miss you always.
Loretta Thorndal
July 18, 2025
Thinking of you as I always do. Missing you still.
Another birthday this week for you. There has been a lot happening this year...some good...some bad. Wish you were here so we could chat. Danny misses you too. Always talks about you. Love you forever Mom.
Loretta Thorndal
May 9, 2025
May 10 is Mexico´s Mother´s Day no matter what day it is on. It´s the day we chose to bury you. It seemed appropriate the year you died.
Our Mother´s Day this year is May 11 and you´ve been on my mind for many reasons. I recently saw a letter your sister wrote after your mom died. It was very emotional. So here I am...my mom gone, my aunt gone, my grandmother gone, and my younger sister gone. Missing you all. Love, your daughter.
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2025
I´ve really wanted/needed to talk to `my mommy´ these past few weeks. Too much happening. I´ve been thinking about how hard you worked when we were growing up, without all the modern conveniences we have today. I´ve just had a lot on my mind to share with you. Anyway, I miss you. Love, Loretta
Debbie Schulman
April 26, 2025
Gone forever, forever in our hearts.
We miss you every day.
Love, Debbie
Loretta Thorndal
November 30, 2024
November 30, 1940, the day you married Julio Vendramin. Lucky us. You are heavy on my mind today. You gave us a good life, Mom. Love, Loretta
Debbie
July 19, 2024
Happy 103rd Birthday Grandma. I hope you have a fabulous heavenly celebration.
Love and Miss you.
Debbie
Loretta Thorndal
July 18, 2024
You would´ve been 103 on July 20. I can imagine your laughing at the thought. I still miss you very much and so does your grandson Danny. We talk about you often. Love you. Loretta
Loretta Thorndal
May 11, 2024
It´s Mother´s Day and I´m missing mine. Love you always. Loretta
Loretta Thorndal
April 29, 2024
Loretta Thorndal
April 29, 2024
Loretta Thorndal
April 29, 2024
These messages were on dignity memorial. I´m not sure how they ended up there instead of legacy.com. Technology...I can hear your words if you were dealing with this. LoL. Love you always. Your #1 daughter.
Debbie Thorndal Schulman
April 29, 2024
Grandma, you have been gone for 14 years. Yet I think about you and dream of you. You are always in our hearts and thoughts. I miss you, Gigi.
Love, Debbie.
Lindsay Brancato
July 20, 2023
Grandma, I miss you beyond words. Have been going through some old pictures recently and am so thankful for all the wonderful memories. I find so much peace and joy knowing I will get to see you again one day in Heaven. I love you and wish you a Happy Heavenly Birthday! Love your Spitfire as you would call me. Lindsay Marie
Lindsay Brancato
July 20, 2023
Debbie Schulman
July 17, 2023
Gigi, you were always one-of-a-kind!!
I was up in Lake Tahoe recently and it made me miss you all that much more.
Loretta Thorndal
July 17, 2023
Loretta Thorndal
July 17, 2023
Loretta Thorndal
July 17, 2023
Your birthday this week...102. It´s the week we would vacation at Lake Tahoe. Made for a wonderful summer and birthday celebration. Love and miss you Mom. Loretta
Loretta Thorndal
May 14, 2023
Mom. Just Mom. It´s Mother´s Day today and you are remembered as always. You were a very good mom. I love you and really miss you. Loretta
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2023
Miss you every day, Mom.
Love, Loretta
aka Little Curly
Debbie Schulman
April 26, 2023
Twelve years ago today. You left us to go join the Lord. I'm certain that Heaven is more glorious & peaceful than here. But we still miss you all the time.
Loretta Thorndal
April 12, 2023
Hi Mom, Remembering our family and life together before this terrible day...losing my dad...your husband...on Good Friday 55 years ago. Others have passed also but this was the beginning of a long sad journey for us all. This has been a tough year also but by the Grace of God, I´ll keep going. You were a good mom and example for getting through life´s unwelcome events. Love you and miss you. Loretta
Debbie
July 20, 2022
Happy 101st Birthday, Grandma. We miss you so much.
Love and Kisses to you,
Debbie, Logan, and Greg.
Loretta Thorndal
July 19, 2022
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Loretta Thorndal
July 19, 2022
Your birthday tomorrow. It´s been a few years since you left us but sometimes it still seems like only yesterday. Still missing you Mom. Love always. Loretta
Debbie Schulman
April 26, 2022
Even after all these years. I am still thinking of you and missing you. You are one of a kind, Gigi.
Love and Miss you always,
Debbie
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2022
Thinking of you today mom. Too long gone but feels like only yesterday. Miss your wisdom since I now am almost your age. . Love you always. Loretta
Debbie Schulman
July 20, 2021
Happy belated 100th Birthday
grandma.
Loretta Thorndal
July 19, 2021
Happy 100th birthday.
Loretta Thorndal
July 19, 2021
July 20, 1921...July 20, 2021...100 years old. Wow! We miss you Mom and your stories. With all my love, Loretta aka `Little Curly´ as you and dad called me.
Debbie
April 27, 2021
Tonight I will use, for the first time my fur pillow.
Thanks, Gigi and Mom
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2021
Whoops! My mistake. Your birthday is in July...That´s when you would be 100. I got ahead of myself. That´s why you and grandpa called me `Flash.´ Always in a hurry.
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2021
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2021
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2021
Today you would have been 100 years old. Almost made it to 90. Short three months. Way to go mom!
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2021
Today is the tenth anniversary of your leaving us. We all miss you mom. Cannot believe it´s been ten years. Love you always.
Loretta Thorndal
November 30, 2020
Happy she married our dad! 11/30/1940. Today would be 80th wedding anniversary.
Today, November 30, would be your 80th wedding anniversary. We were lucky to have you as parents.
Loretta Thorndal
November 30, 2020
Lindsay Brancato
July 20, 2020
Lindsay Brancato
July 20, 2020
You sure are missed, thought of every day and loved forever. It's hard to believe you'd be 99 today. You have given me such special memories. One of my most fondest is sitting on the swing with you on the back patio with the big yellow song book and would just sit, swing and sing...I still hear your lovely voice today. I love you Grandma and cant wait to see you again one sweet day. Happy Birthday! With love always❤, Lindsay
Debbie Schulman
July 20, 2020
Grandma, I see your smiling face in the photos that hang on my wall. Such a warm and gentle smile. Just waiting to welcome you in.
But the smile in the photo does not compare to the real thing. I miss you terribly. I could use your advice from time to time. However, for once I am glad that you and many other family members are safe with our Lord Heavenly Father. Up there is a far better place for you all to be than down here. I love Yola :)
Loretta Thorndal
July 19, 2020
A very nice photo of Julio shortly before he died. He was looking at you so lovingly. Probably last photo taken of him. We sure missed him, didnt we. Life isnt fair. Again, love and miss you, mom.
Loretta Thorndal
July 19, 2020
Today is your first-born grandchilds 56th birthday. This is a cute photo of Donna and you.
Loretta Thorndal
July 19, 2020
July 20, 2020. Wow, Mom, you would be 99. Difficult to imagine. This is one if my favorite photos of you and dad. Wish you were around to talk to. I talk to you anyway, but its not the same of course. Love and miss you every day.
Debbie Schulman
April 26, 2020
Yola,
Even after 9 years. I still miss you. I often ask my Mom a question and she will say. That's what grandmom talk me. It brings back wonderful memories of you and I. Sitting side by side in the recliners just chating away. I learned so much from you.
Miss you much.
Loretta Thorndal
April 25, 2020
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the day you left us. We all miss you. Thanks for all you taught me. Your loving daughter, Loretta
Lake Tahoe Winter Trip Yolanda and CJ
Loretta Thorndal
April 25, 2020
You on stage with Jimmy Dean. That was brave of you.
Loretta Thorndal
April 25, 2020
Dad's Bride. My Mom!
Loretta Thorndal
April 25, 2020
Mom and Dad wedding day. 1940
Loretta Thorndal
April 25, 2020
Debbie Schulman
July 25, 2019
Happy Belated B-Day Yola. If you would have been 98 that means that the rest of us are getting old. I don't want ta get old. Isn't that what you would always say. Now I am the one saying it Speaking of getting older. Logan is now 13 and you would not recognize him. He is so handsome and tall. He is over 6ft. He towers over me and is taller than Greg. But he is quite a gentlemen. Always opening the doors for me. He gets very upset at us if we say bad words we get yelled at. He is wonderful. You would really love him...
We miss you lots GiGi All our Love
Loretta Thorndal
July 20, 2019
Today is your birthday. You would be 98. Never forget you Mom. They are celebrating the moon landing today also 50 years ago. But you were the bright light in our life. Love forever. Loretta
Loretta Thorndal
July 20, 2019
It's your birthday today, July 20, a special day for sure. You would be 98. WOW. We all miss you. You were a good mom. Thanks for all you taught me. Moon landing was 50 years ago on your birthday! Love you, Loretta.
Loretta Thorndal
May 12, 2019
Mothers Day and Im thinking about you and missing you, but thats nothing new. You remain close to my heart every day. Love, Loretta
Debbie Schulman
April 28, 2015
Grandma, I was moving furniture around the other day. I came across a picture of you and grandpa CJ. You were floating down the Truckee river. You both looked so happy. It brought back so many happy memories me. I miss you so much.
Julie Green
April 26, 2015
I would give anything to see your sweet face again and hear you tell me your favorite stories. I miss and love you more than words can express. I think about you all the time. I love you Grandma.
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2015
Four years today, Mom. Doesn't seem possible as it feels like only yesterday. Still missing you, your advice, your stories, and your love. Loretta
Loretta Thorndal
August 20, 2013
Hi Mom. Vanessa visited a couple of weeks ago and she and Logan and I went to visit you at the cemetery with balloons. She was so excited when she found your picture. They sent the balloons up to you and the angels. Love and miss you. We all do.
Loretta Thorndal
July 21, 2012
July 20... Mom, thought about you all day, as I do most days anyway, but especially today since it was your birthday. Wish I could call you. I miss you...a lot. Diana, Bonnie, and I had lunch together and celebrated your birthday. They wouldn't serve us cake though 'cause you weren't with us. We just laughed. Love you.
July 20, 2012
GiGi,
Logan and I came out to visit you today. We wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday and to tell you how very much we miss you.
Love Debbie
Julie Chavez
May 3, 2012
I love you and miss you.
Loretta Thorndal
April 26, 2012
Mom, it's been a year since you left us. You are missed every day. Love, Loretta
Bruce Vendramin
March 13, 2012
MOM, I know in my heart that you never gave up hope. Your many prayers paid off. This gives strength to me. I can never thank you enough. I love you and the heartache of missing you is very much. So, when this occurs I think of the many laughs we shared and your never-ending advice. Thank You, MOM. I Love You and will miss you until we all come "HOME" Your Loving son, Bruce
Loretta Thorndal
March 12, 2012
Mom...You missed my 70th birthday, of course. I could hear you saying you couldn't believe you had a 70-year old daughter. I didn't feel that old age approaching until you were gone. Suddenly I feel older. As long as you were 20 years ahead of me, I could see "far into the future." Now I see the future closing in on me. It's been almost a year since you left us and we all miss you. Not a visit goes by with Vanessa that she doesn't talk about you, to you, and kisses your photo. She laughs more now though remembering you. She was sad for a long time for one so small. Aunt Cynthia and Uncle George called to sing happy birthday to me. They never miss and I am grateful for that. Love You. Loretta
Vanessa Ryan
November 3, 2011
Dear Gigi, I am at Auntie Bug's house and I miss you so much and I love you and I wish you could come down from Heaven and spend time with me.p9oo9ui8uujuggrhy0p. Vanessa
Loretta Thorndal
July 22, 2011
July 20, 2011, would have been your 90th birthday! You said it was an uphill climb to reach it and you didn't think you could make it. I am sorry you didn't though you gave it your best. We would have celebrated your way! JT & LT visited your gravesight July 19 and 20, missing you. Deb, Logan, Julie, and Vanessa visited on your birthday. We all miss you Mom. Aunt Cynthia, Uncle George, and I sang "Happy Birthday" to you anyway. Auntie's idea and she wanted us to join her. Love You Forever! Loretta.
julie chavez
July 20, 2011
happy birthday, my sweet, beautiful gigi. love and miss you thinking of you everyday.
Julie Chavez
July 3, 2011
Thinking of you everyday. Ill never forget all the great advice and stories you used to tell me over and over again. I know them all by heart and even though there were times when I wished you wouldn't tell me the same story for the hundredth time, the truth is, I would give just about anything to hear your sweet voice telling me the story of how you got the stove you really wanted or how you got the furniture salesman to throw in the two lamps for free or you wouldn't buy the couch. I love you, I adore you and I miss you, you will always be in heart, you'll always be a part of me & Vanessa. I am still so heartbroken to have lost you, but I feel so proud and blessed to have known you. I want to be just like you when I grow up then maybe you can show me your wings one day and I can kiss your cheek and tell you I love you again.
Debbie Schulman
June 8, 2011
Grandma,
You were, are, and will always be an amazing women. Thank you for all the tips throughout my life. I will always remember them and you. :)))
Julie Chavez
June 4, 2011
We miss you, Gigi. You'll always be our Angel...
Vilma Gallina
May 9, 2011
Sincere condolences to all the family from an old friend in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Remembering many happy times both in Niagara and Las Vegas. Rest in peace my friend.
May 7, 2011
Loretta & Family: So sorry for your loss, I know that you will miss your Mom but she is at peace now, she lived a long full life. I remember talking with her many times when I lived in LV .Tomorrow will be a bad day for you but remember all the Mothers' Days' you had with her. Take care. Helen Barkby (East Berlin, PA)
Lindsay Brancato
May 5, 2011
My Grandmother was and still is my inspiration. She taught me morals and values that I attribute to her. She has blessed so many people in SO MANY WAYS. She was witty and fun-loving and could make anyone laugh on their worst day. She will always be apart of me and remembered everyday for the rest of my life. I can't put into words how much I will miss my Grandma. ~Lindsay Marie Brancato, Grandaughter.
Loretta Thorndal
May 5, 2011
Miss you Mom, but that's a given. Rest in peace beautiful lady.
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