Although Pam McConnell will be remembered by many as a force for good in Toronto, her family and close friends also think of her as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend.

“She loved to smile, to laugh, and to tell stories,” said her daughter Heather Ann, at a celebration of her mother’s life Friday afternoon.

“She was an ordinary person, but she lived an extraordinary life,” she said.

McConnell, who represented Ward 28 (Toronto Centre-Rosedale), died on July 7 from a continuing problem with her lungs. She was 71.

Hundreds of people packed the Cathedral Church of St. James to celebrate the life of McConnell, among them dignitaries, such as Mayor John Tory and Premier Kathleen Wynne, her council colleagues, and constituents, friends, and her family.

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