Peacefully, surrounded by her family, at her home on Saturday, August 31, 2024, Terri Ruffolo, at the age of 63 years, beloved wife of John. Loving mother of Nicole and Tyler. Cherished daughter of Aggeliki and the late Peter Karkambasis. Dear sister of Lily and her husband George Simonin. Proud aunt of Peter. Dear daughter-in-law of Orlando and the late Anna-Maria Ruffolo. Sadly missed by John’s siblings Josie Cristofoli, Rose and her husband Milan Srom, Tony and his wife Rochelle Ruffolo. Proud aunt of Melissa (Enzo), Matthew (Yolanda), Alex, Samantha, Michael, Vanessa (Vince), and Julia.
The family will receive their friends at the Egan Funeral Home, 203 Queen St. S. (Hwy. 50), Bolton (905-857-2213) on Wednesday from 4 – 8 o’clock.
Funeral service will be held in the chapel on Thursday morning, September 5 at 10 o’clock.
Interment Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bolton.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation (thepmcf.ca) or the William Olser Health System Foundation for cancer research (oslerfoundation.org).
Condolences for the family may be offered at www.EganFuneralHome.com
Daniel Cinelli
Terri you were always so kind to me all the time. I will miss talking to you and spending time with you. You will be missed very much.
Nicole Ruffolo
Dear mom,
I am so thankful for the time I have been able to share with you. I will miss all the memories and laughs we have shared. Thank you for everything you have taught me and watching me grow in the person I am today. I have made you proud. I will miss you forever. I love you.
Genny Iori
My most sincere condolences to John, Nicole, Tyler and Lily and all the rest of the family.
May you find comfort in knowing how loved you were by Terri and how much she adored her children.♥️
May you rest in peace Terri till we meet again my friend ♥️
Samantha
I loved my Zia so much and it’s so unfortunate and unfair that she was taken from us too soon. I’ll always love her no matter where she is. My heart goes out to my Zio John, my cousins Tyler and Nicole, and the rest of their family.❤️❤️
Angela Dimitropoulos
We are so sadden to hear that our good friend Terri has passed and want to send the Ruffalo and Karkabasis family our deepest condolences.
We grew up in Rexdale and Terri and her sister Lily were our neighbours and close friends. Our families would spend time together and I will always have great memories of barbeques and pool parties in her parents backyard growing up.
Terri could laugh so hard, we would start crying. She was an authentic and a wonderful human being. My sister and I will miss her terribly.
My friend, I pray you’re with your dad in heaven now who you loved so much.
JOHN RUFFOLO
To my loving wife:
I will miss you greatly, you will always be in my heart, now and forever.
We have two beautiful and loving kids together and I promise to continue to love and care for our kids as you always did.
You fought as much as you can until you could not fight anymore
I will miss the time we spent together at our favourite past time, it will never be the same without you.
Always in my heart,
Love forever, John
Rose and Milan Srom
Dearest John, Nicole and Tyler, there are no words to express the sorrow we feel for all of you. Terri will forever be missed as a part of the family. We can still hear her joyous laughter at one of the silly jokes someone made. She was a true spirit of joy and will never be forgotten. May her memory always be a comfort to you. Fly high angel! ❤️️
Diane Hunter
I can’t believe my ( sister) is gone. I will miss our 4 hour phone calls. Us always laughing because we forgot what we saying. You have been in my life for 50 years I will miss you terribly and I will always love you.
Liberty Eileen Harakas
My beautiful cousin, Terri, best friend and a treasured family member ; you will be so missed by many. Always in my heart and a lifetime of memories. My sincere condolences to John, Tyler and Nicole; my Thea Kiki, cousins Lily, George and Peter.
Jennifer Della Mea
To John, Tyler, Nicole and Family,
May your beautiful mother and wife rest in eternal peace. We send our heartfelt condolences and love during this sad and most difficult time. We hope that the wonderful memories and love you shared carry you through.
Love and Light always,
Jennifer Della. Mea & Family
Nicki Dedes
Our deepest condolences for the loss of your beloved Terri. We will miss her.❤️ May her memory always be eternal in our hearts. Love Nicki Karkabasis-Dedes, Costas, Christina and Nikos.
Genny Bellissimo Iori
My most deepest condolences to John,Nicole and Tyler and the rest of the family.
May you find comfort and peace in knowing that you were loved with all her heart❤️
Keep all the beautiful memories that you have of her alive in your hearts and she will always walk beside you and love you from heaven like she loved you here on earth❤️
Rest in peace my Terri️
JEAN & NICK POULOS
Our deepest and sincerest condolences to John, Nicole and Tyler and our deepest sympathy to our wonderful friend
Aggeliki Toula’s Mother. Toula will be sadly missed by her family and friends. May she rest in peace. Much Love to all
jean & Nick Poulos
Our deepest and sincerest condolences to John, Nicole, Tyler and Lily and George and to our wonderful friend Aggeliki,
Toula’s Mother. May her memory be with us always. May Toula rest in pease and with out pain.
Vicki Burbulis
Our deepest condolences to the Ruffolo and Karkambasis families on the loss of your beloved Terri. May God rest her soul, and may her memory be eternal. With sympathy, Vicki and Jim Burbulis and family.
Vincent Rea
Dear John, Nicole and Tyler – on behalf of myself, my wife, MaryAnn and our entire Dulux family, please accept our most sincere condolences as we mourn the passing of a beautiful wife and mother. We got to know Terri during our many Dulux trips and she never ceased to disappoint us with her bright smile, her infectious laugh and her true zest for life. She made us laugh with her great sense of humour, and in the end, I think we were all put on this earth to bring joy to other people – Terri certainly accomplished that!!! she will be missed. but we also know that she is in a better place, and she will most certainly watch over her family with the love and protection she demonstrated during her short time with us. May she rest in peace. All our love Vince, MaryAnn and our Dulux family.
Roland Wittersheim
My sincere condolences to the entire family. My beautiful sweet friend Terri gone but never forgotten , you are and will always be a special friend to me. Words cannot express how much I’ll miss you . I’ll miss our talks , your laugh and your sense of humour. RIP my friend.
Lily Simonin
My dearest sister, I am already missing you so much and can hardly believe you’re not here with me. I’ll miss our daily phone calls and just hanging out together. We had the best times, always laughing, and life will never be the same without you. But the memories we made will last a lifetime. I love you with all my heart, and I’m so lucky to have had the best big sister anyone could ask for. I hope you and Daddy are in heaven together, watching over us. ❤️
Peter Simonin
Thea Tula,
Words cannot express how deeply we all miss you. You were the most incredible, generous, and loving aunt. We have had so many wonderful memories together, and every room you walked into got a bit brighter. You had a way of making everyone around you feel happy and cherished, and there’s truly no one out there like you.
I feel so incredibly lucky to have been your nephew, to have had the chance to learn from your kindness and to feel your love. It brings us comfort knowing that you’re always going to be with us in our hearts, watching down on us in peace. I can’t wait to see you again someday, and until then, I will carry your love with me always. I love you so much.
Anna pagliuca
My sincere condolences to the Ruffalo family! Lilly my heart breaks ,loosing a sibling is so difficult,John, Nicole and Tylor your guardian angel will always shine down on you and always will be right by your side! Terri May you rest now in eternal paradise! Till we meet again ❤️❤️
Ivana and Albert Panaro
To John , Nicole and Tyler,
Our deepest condolences. We will always cherish the beautiful memories that we have of Terri. Her infectious giggle will always be remembered. We are forever grateful for the friendship that we shared for many decades.
Terri, you will always be in our hearts. Rest in peace my friend.
Tyler Ruffolo
Dear mom,
Thank you for everything you have done for me. You were always there for me, you were always protecting me, you were caring for me. I am going to miss our midnight chats about anything. I love and miss you so much and I hope to continue to grow into the man that you’ve always said I could be.
Helen Harakas
Dear John, Nicole, Tyler, Thea Kiki, Lily, George, Peter and family,
We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our incredible Toulaki. She was truly a bright light and will be dearly missed by everyone. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all during this difficult time.
Much love,
Helen, Gus, Kiki & Stacey
Louis Destouis
To my cousin Terri,
We are all going to miss your laugh that made us laugh so much. I’m going to miss our long conversation at night that lasted for hours and almost woke up my entire house by me laughings so hard. Words cannot express the sadness our family feels. May you rest in peace.
Lisa Brennan
John, Tyler and Nicole,
Our hearts go out to you during this difficult time. We are keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.
David, Lisa and Matthew Brennan
Mary Parker-Robinson
Dear Terri,
Throughout the many years I have known you, we could always carry on a conversation as
we had back in the 70/80s – reminiscing about the past and sharing our sorrows, joys (your wonderful family and pride in your kids) and future plans, was easy as you were always ready to listen and provide advice.
You have touched the lives of so many and will be greatly missed.
May God hold you in His loving care until we meet again.
Rita Speziale-Nacci
My deepest condolences to John, Tyler and Nicole.
Terri was one of my favouite people. She was kind, loving, compassionate, and funny. Oh, the laughs we would have!
Terri, I will miss you dearly. I can still hear your laugh and your voice. I will miss our long talks, catching up on life, or just talking about random nonsense. Conversations came so easy.
Rest easy now my dear friend. Heaven has a new angel.
Rita
Vanessa Crocitto
Zia, I’ll always remember your laugh. It was contagious! Growing up I always admired your beautiful hair, the clothes and always nice purses! I loved sharing gossip about dancing with the stars together (especially our love for Pasha & Val). You’ll be dearly missed and we will all be here for Zio, Nicole and Tyler. Love you Zia
Liz Carinci
My dear friend Terri. You will always be remembered by your contagious laugh and beautiful smile! You will be sadly missed but never forgotten. Rest in Peace our beloved friend. To John, you will always be remembered as the special and dearest husband that Terri cherished. To Nicole and Tyler, your dear Mom always talked and bragged about the loves of her life-both of you brought great happiness and joy to her life. And to Lily and family, so many memories you will hold forever with a broken heart but happy to know that she is pain free. And to your sweet Mom no words to describe to lose a daughter so young and beautiful. Sending you all strength and comfort during this difficult time.
Judith Nichols
Dearest Lily, my deepest condolences to you and your family. You always spoke so lovingly about your sister and other members of the family. You are in my thoughts and prayers.
Sincerely,
Judith
Natasha Saladino
My sincere condolences to the entire family.
Christine & Jim Lambropoulos
To the Ruffolo and Karkabasis family.
So sorry for your loss.
I had the good fortune of knowing Terri from our family growing up and also had the pleasure of meeting her husband John from our painting trip.
Terri was a lovely lady may she rest in peace.
Tina Dimitropoulos
Dear Terri, no words can express how sad I have been from the moment I heard about your passing. I am still in shock and can’t believe you are gone! You were a fun, loving soul and a beautiful person. I will always remember the great times you, Lily, Ange and l would have everytime we got together and reminisced about the good old days. You will be greatly missed but never forgotten! My sincerest condolences to John, Nicole and Tyler, your mom, Lily and the whole family.
Jim Simone
My sincere condolences to the Ruffolo family. Always remembered Terri as a dear friend of my sisters Anna and Liz. It was always a pleasure to be in her company with her unique laugh. I’m sure Anna is waiting to embrace you again….now wearing Angel wings. Rest in peace Terri, you will be missed by many.
Albert & Fiona Ruffolo
We would like to offer our sincere condolences.
Unfortunately, we were unable to make it to the visitation.
Sending you all strength and prayers during this time of sadness.
May she rest in peace.
Charley Binder
Sincere condolences to you and your family John, may Terri rest in peace.
Teresa Coffin
My sincerest condolences to the Ruffolo family. Terri we will miss you at our girls dinners with Anna! Rip Terri❤️