Maria Hilarina Simoes de Mendoca Orrico Horta
Hilarina Horta, 91, of Moura Portugal, passed away peacefully on Saturday April 20th, 2019 at 7:21 am at the Madison Care Center in Coquitlam BC. Predeceased by her youngest daughter, Isabel Maria Horta and three brothers. She is survived by her loving husband of 66 years, Marcelino Antonio Orrico Horta, son Estevao Jose Horta who lives in Portugal and daughter Maria da Conceicao Couto in Vancouver. She is also survived by her four grandchildren Joao Horta in Portugal, Jessica Horta-Couto Leitao, Rudy Couto and Christopher Couto in the Lower Mainland of BC, two great grandchildren Emma Leitao and Maya Pei Couto and several nieces and nephews in Portugal. Hilarina had a passion for travel, speed walking through malls, an incredible talent for arraiolos, and being part of the choir at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Vancouver. She is also remembered for her unfaltering and unfailing memory. While living in Portugal she worked for the Servicos Florestais as a secretary, and when she moved to Vancouver she worked at the Portuguese consulate in Vancouver becoming the Chancellor until her retirement at 60 years of age. Hilarina lived a life full of adventure and filled with love, she will be missed greatly by those who knew her. May she rest in peace.
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