FABIENNE GAGNON (CATELLIER)

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FABIENNE GAGNON (nee CATELLIER) 1914 2007 Fabienne, daughter of Emile Catellier and Mary Coulombe, born August 2, 1914, folded up the tent of her earthly life on July 24, 2007. She went to her final rest after a long life of joys and sorrows and a final battle with cancer. Predeceased by her first husband, Leo Brule and her second husband Roland Gagnon, she leaves to mourn Roland's family whom she adopted wholeheartedly as her own: Roger and Patricia, Guy and Suzanne, Paul and Twylana, Claude and Roseline, Jacques, Normand and Nicole, Jean Marc and Janice, Jeanine and Roland (Pfitzner), Maurice and Kathy, 20 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. She also leaves three sisters, Annette Goulet, Patricia Martel, Leona Chalmers (Jim) and one brother Andre Catellier; five sisters-in-law, Alice, (Brule), Lucienne (Gosselin), Isabelle (Lahaie), Celine, Jeanine (Richard); and one brother-in-law Jim Chalmers; numerous nephews and nieces and very many friends she made throughout her life. Funeral services will take place in the St. Malo Roman Catholic Church on Saturday, July 28. The Prayer Vigil begins at 10:00 a.m. The Funeral Mass (bilingual) will follow at 10:30 a.m. presided by Father Charles Fillion. Burial of Fabienne's ashes will follow immediately after in the Church Cemetery. Donations may be made to Winnipeg League for Life, 449 Provencher Blvd., Winnipeg, MB, R2J 0B8 or a charity of ones choice. We wish to thank those who assisted Fabienne so kindly in her last days - both in the Chalet in St. Malo and at St. Pierre Hospital. Desjardins Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements. 233-4949 or toll free 1-888-233-4949.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 28, 2007