Natale Bozzo Obituary: The patriarch of one of Toronto’s most famous Italian bread shops has passed on. Natale Bozzo, who helped to establish and co-possessed San Remo Bakery and Café in south Etobicoke’s Mimico zone, was 75. Bozzo’s family shared the information on his demise late Thursday, Feb. 18 evening in an extensive online media post. It’s with a hefty heart that we declare the death of our dad, Natale Bozzo,” read the proclamation.

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“He lost his staggering fight with COVID-19 after more than about a month and a half in the medical clinic. He contended energetically, he was healthy preceding this, and we learned of his chronic infirmity through exceptionally troublesome calls from the medical clinic and fortunately we had the option to bid farewell.”

Bozzo came to Canada at 15 years old from Italy and at first worked in a pastry shop in the Little Italy region.

In 1969, he opened San Remo Bakery with his siblings and turned into its sole proprietor during the 1990s alongside his three children. He in the long run resigned, yet he would in any case come to assist around the pastry shop as it was his obsession,” his family composed. Bozzo is being recalled by his family as an “unimaginable” dough puncher and the “most dedicated man” they knew.

“He was strong and creative. He was benevolent and a companion to all. He wanted to go to Florida, he wanted to fish and garden, he cherished food, and he adored his family,” they said in the post.