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A note from Lorenzo on Sunday, November 4th:

I have very sad news this evening. Lisa passed away this afternoon at 2:30pm. She fought valiantly to stay with us. I was speaking to her the entire time as the doctors and staff worked on her — I know that she could hear me, but she just could not hold on any longer. I will send you more details later. Please do not call me for a couple of days — I will send out an email with more details.

Thank you for everything.
Lorenzo & Lisa and the Gigliotti family.

And another update from Lorenzo:

Hello everyone,

We are in the process of making arrangements for Lisa’s funeral, however, by law burn victims must be examined by the county coroner — and the LA County Coroner’s office is backlogged. This has made it very difficult to set a date for the services. We are planning to have a memorial service at All Souls Mortuary, a funeral mass at St. Joseph Church and her remains will rest at All Souls Cemetary. All services will be “closed casket.” I will let you know the dates as soon as possible.

I believe that Lisa has now learned of the beautiful compassion that you have shown to us over the last month and I am sure that her beautiful smile is beaming.

We are currently going through a range of emotions — we cry, we think and often we reminisce and laugh about the wonderful times that we had with Lisa on this Earth. The family misses her more than we can describe with words, but we are happy that she is no longer suffering and we thank God for our time together.

Our 32 years together have been as beautiful as anyone could ever imagine — reflection can be wonderful. I can feel her presence everywhere.

Your kindness has been overwhelming and we hope that you can attend the services once we find out the dates.

If you can attend we would like to ask that you wear black ONLY if you like black. Do not feel obligated to wear black for Lisa. She would not want you to mourn — she loved to host parties and she would love for you dress as you would for nice occasion — California Casual – Nice but not fancy.

If you have any questions, please email me.

www.OurLisa.org

Thank you,
Lorenzo & Lisa and the Gigliotti Family