Patricia Tofferi

SOUTH BURLINGTON - Born on July 25, 1941, in Ludlow, Vermont, Patricia Tofferi passed away at her home on January 16, 2015, in South Burlington. At age 73, Pat lost a valiant battle with several cancers and COPD. The family will forever be grateful to Dr. Jennifer Gilwee for her competent and compassionate care over the years. The daughter of Anthony Perrino Senior & Stephania (Gurdak) Perrino, Pat graduated from Black River High School in 1959. She went on to attend Wilford Academy in Boston, earning a degree in Cosmetology. Upon graduation, Pat remained in Boston working for various beauty salons and she returned to Ludlow in 1962 entering new employment at Jean's Beauty Salon in Rutland, Vermont. Pat married Eugene L. Tofferi, also a resident of Ludlow in June of 1967, and the couple moved to Burlington, Vermont, that same year. Pat was then employed as Manager of Town and Country Beauty Salon in Shelburne, Vermont.

Pat was a devoted mother of two daughters, Andrea Tofferi and Nicole Tofferi Diebold. Volunteering as a library assistant at South Burlington's Chamberlin School, becoming a Girl Scout Troop leader, waiting for hours in the Bolton Valley Ski Lodge to catch a glimpse of her girls coming down the mountain, cheering on the sidelines at every softball, basketball and soccer game, cutting hair for all of the neighborhood kids; Pat was actively involved in supporting all of her daughters' activities. In recent years, she extended that same support, joy and enthusiasm toward her beloved grandchildren, Harrison and Anna Diebold. She taught us all to enjoy the simple things in life: sighting a red cardinal, cultivating her vegetable garden and tending to her abundant flowers were some of her favorite pastimes.

Pat is survived by her husband, Gene Tofferi; and her daughter and son-in-law, Nicole and Joseph Diebold; and her two grandchildren, Harrison and Anna Diebold, all of Burlington, Vermont. Pat also leaves behind two brothers and their spouses, Thomas and Barbara Perrino of Newark, Vermont, and Peter and Valarie Perrino of Mount Holly, Vermont; and brother-in-law, Kenneth Tofferi and wife Cindy, sister-in-law, Ann Dunnett and husband George Dunnett and sister-in-law, Alma Goodman all of Ludlow, Vermont. She is also survived by many nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by her parents; and her daughter, Andrea Jean Tofferi; as well as her two brothers, Paul Perrino and Anthony Perrino Jr.

Services will be held at the Church of Annunciation on Friday, January 23, 2015 at 11 a.m., located at 7 Depot Street, Ludlow, Vermont.

Funeral arrangements will be handled by Adams Funeral Home, 12 Meadow Street, Ludlow, Vermont. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 55 Day Lane, Williston, VT 05495.