NORMA DALIDA BUTI

Norma Dalida Magnani Buti passed away peacefully on March 11, 2017, with family by her side. She was 91. Norma was born in Oakland, California on July 19, 1925 to Italian parents, Settimo and Rosie (Puccioni) Magnani. She spent her childhood in Oakland and in Alexander Valley near Healdsburg where Settimo and Rosie owned a prune orchard. Norma met the love of her life, Raymond Renato Buti at a very young age and they married in Healdsburg when both were age 19. Raymond and Norma lived happily ever after in Oakland, San Leandro, Healdsburg and Grass Valley, and celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with family and friends in August 2014. Sadly, a few short months later, in January 2015, Norma lost her sweetheart. Norma was a loving wife and devoted mother full of Italian traditions. She was an excellent cook, and made Tuscan favorites: her gravy (marinara sauce), cotolette, porpette, lamb stew with olives and chicken cacciatore. Together, Norma and Ray made delicious sweet Italian sausage and green olives, too. She prided herself in her garden filled with a variety of flowers, her favorite being beautiful roses. Ballroom dancing was her delight; she and Ray would light up a room when they danced the Italian waltz, the American swing or the Cha-Cha-Cha! Norma was a beautiful "sweet" person, loved by all who knew her. She always exhibited a positive attitude; believed and taught her children, "Everything happens for a reason…" Her light in this world was bright; her legacy – undying devotion to her family. She leaves behind a "Buti Bunch" who carry on Norma's belief in family traditions, and resonate her legacy with a love for their very special matriarch. Immediate family includes daughter Judy Buti Wootton; son-in-law Michael Wootton; son Wayne; daughter-in-law Tish; grandchildren Jennifer (Lance) Montierth, Christopher (Beth) Buti; great-grandchildren Emily and Evelyn Montierth, Kate and Trevor Buti. She will be dearly missed. A funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m., on Monday, March 20, 2017, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 235 Chapel St., Grass Valley. A Celebration of Life will follow at Alta Sierra Country Club, 11897 Tammy Dr., Grass Valley, California. In lieu of flowers, the Buti family requests donations be made in her name to Hospice of the Foothills, 11270 Rough and Ready Highway, Grass Valley, California. 95945. Arrangements are under the care of Chapel of the Angels Mortuary.

NORMA DALIDA BUTI

July 19, 1925 - March 11, 2017