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Portrait of Richard Francis Molto
In Loving Memory of the BEST Father, Grandfather, Son, Brother, Counsin, Nephew and Friend.

Richard Francis Molto

March 18, 1958 – February 5, 2025
Lived 66 years
Pine Hills Cemetery · Scarborough, Ontario
This will be the year that the Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup!
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Richard Francis Molto was born on March 18th, 1958 to Helen and Leo Molto. Richard was the third oldest out of six children. Richard had four children; Darrell Molto (Angie Joyce), Shana-Leigh Molto (Joshua Slack), Gordon Molto, and Irene Molto-Loughrey (Paul Loughrey). He adopted his sister Gail's (predeceased) five children; Shane Molto, Stephanie Hinds-Molto, Casey Molto (Reg Spring), Rebecca Molto (Brendon Terry), and Danielle Molto (Tom Sword). Between all nine children Richard is a proud Grandfather of 13 grandchildren (Dominique, Sayla, Aiden, Taliyah, Owen, Rowan, Avery, Nathan, Mia, Nadia, King, Calyse, Vida, and 4 fur babies (Horatio, Simba, Boo, Rukas). As a single father, Richard did his best and worked hard to provide for his family. He worked over 30 years for 100 Wellesley as a engineer and superintendent, did other part-time jobs such as on-call superintendent for other apartment buildings, moving people, painting and most of all his favourite-scraping! Richard was the kind of person to help anyone in need. Other than his big heart and kindness people loved Richard's sarcasm and inappropriate humor. Richard was a HUGE fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Richard was 9 years old when the Leafs won their last Stanley Cup and has been so ever patient to see them win again! Richard was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in Dec 2021. Richard was a fighter right up to the very end! We are so proud of him and are grateful to have had him be apart of our lives.

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1958
Born March 18
1958
Birthdate
1959
Richard was 1 when the St. Lawrence Seaway opened
1965
Richard was 7 when the Maple Leaf flag was raised for the first time
1972
Richard was 14 when Paul Henderson's goal won the Summit Series against the Soviet Union
1980
Richard was 22 when Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope across Canada
1991
Richard was 33 when the Soviet Union dissolved
2002
Richard was 44 when Canada's men won Olympic hockey gold for the first time in 50 years
2010
Richard was 52 when Sidney Crosby's golden goal won Olympic gold in Vancouver
2022
Richard was 64 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2025
Passed away February 5, age 66
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Scarborough, Ontario
Plot: Section 10 Plot#7580
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