Emma Gama-Pinto (née Dias) died peacefully on October 28, 2020 at age 92 in Ottawa with family at her bedside. Emma was born in Jamshedpur, India, on July 24, 1928 and educated at a convent boarding school near Darjeeling. Emma was married to Pio Gama-Pinto, a member of the Kenyan Parliament who was assassinated on February 25, 1965. In 1967, Emma immigrated to Canada with her three children: Linda, Malusha Marie, and Tereshka. She worked in secretarial positions in several organizations in Toronto, before retiring from the Scarborough Board of Education in 1983. Emma was fearless in her approach to life. Courage, integrity, determination, curiosity, and compassion for others were the touchstones of her life. Once her children were grown, she travelled the world on a shoestring budget with her beloved twin sister Joyce. In 1997, on an impulse she moved to Ottawa and lived on the same street as her daughter, Linda. She quickly became involved in the neighbourhood community association and was honoured with an award for community activism in 2002. Emma was predeceased by her beloved husband Pio, sister, Joyce de Mendonca, and brother, Douglas Dias. Emma is survived by her three daughters: Linda Gama-Pinto (Léo), Malusha Marie Charles (Andrew) and Tereshka Gama-Pinto (Jocelyne); and her five grandchildren: Brenna Charles (Andrew), Midori Emma Dérome-Pinto (Adam), Victoria Charles, André Dérome-Pinto, and Mitchell Charles. She will be deeply missed by her many friends and relatives in Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, Edmonton and across the world. A memorial will be held at a later date. ( a socilist, Pio had opposed Kenyatta joining hands with British business interests. The KANU leadership was also behind the murder of Mboya ) __._,_.__ • . __,_._,___
