Minnie Schiro Tortorice, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away in Laurel, Mississippi on Thursday, September 5, 2013. She is survived by her daughters, Frances Marie Buquoi and Nancy LaRusso, grandchildren, Francine Buquoi, Victor Buquoi, James Buquoi, Kelly Arrington, and Brandy Harris, 8 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild and a brother, Paul Schiro. Visitation will be at Rabenhorst-East from 4pm to 8 pm Sunday night, and a Mass will be held on Monday morning at 9 am at St. Pius X Catholic Church. Burial will be at Colonial Cemetery, Independence, Louisiana immediately following the Mass. In lieu of gifts, the family requests that donations be made to Deaconess Hospice Foundation, PO Box 15788, 108 Lundy Lane, Hattiesburg, MS 39404 or thehttp://media2.legacy.com/adlink/5306/1500746/0/3380/AdId=1103286;BnId=1;itime=737327168;ku=1192175;key=ACS;nodecode=yes;link=https://www.cancer.org/involved/donate/donateonlinenow/Legacy/index?dn=mem&fn=Minnie&ln=Tortorice" target="_new" title="Donate Now">American Cancer Society.