THINK of Omaima Marmarchi, and your mind will likely conjure up an extraordinarily elegant woman in a little black dress, warm and welcoming, a stunning home decorator, exceptional cook and a great enthusiast of music and dance. You will immediately remember her kindness, her deep faith, her sense of humour, her selflessness, her charity work, her generosity, her love of helping the poor and needy, her hospitality, her tireless work to support the church and feed the poor.

But above all, she loved her family the most. Her late husband Basil who she adored till her very last breath, her 3 sons, Jamil, Taymoor and Fadi who were always her pride and joy, their 3 wives, Irene, Eileen and Wedyan whom she was always proud of, and her 7 grandchildren, Dominic, Marcos, Basil, Tatiana, Leon, Dany and Celina, who she loved unconditionally.