DESIREE MARIE WALKER

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DESIREE MARIE WALKER On February 22, 2009 our beautiful daughter, mother, wife, sister, granddaughter, niece and friend Desiree Marie Walker left us suddenly to meet her Saviour Jesus Christ. Desiree was born in Selkirk, Manitoba on June 16, 1982. She was raised in Selkirk and attended the Ecole Bonaventure Selkirk Jr. High and the Comp. She attended the Assiniboine College in Southport and received credits for the nursing course. Desiree worked as a dietary aid, customer service rep and as a receptionist during her short life. At the time of her passing she was a full time mother devoted to her children, Kingsley (age 5), Brooklynn (age 22 months), and Paxton (age 5 months). She was a loving and caring mother and was also helping raise her stepdaughter Jessica Langlois. Desiree was a strong willed, compassionate woman and her beautiful smile and contagious laugh will be remembered forever. She loved being with her family and lived her life as she wished. Desiree had many special gifts and talents, one was music and at age 6 she played the piano. Although she was very shy she played to a full house and a particularly hard piece for such a little girl. She received great applause. She also loved to write, spending hours composing poems, writing letters and stories. She loved photography and enjoyed taking pictures of her children. Desiree played fastball in her early years. She played in Selkirk on the traveling team. She was a pitcher as was her father and sister. Desiree loved dogs and exotic animals. She always had a family pet. Desiree will be forever missed by her family and leaves to mourn her passing her four children, sons Kingsley and Paxton; daughters Brooklynn and Jessica; her husband Dustin Langlois; parents Ernest and Marie Walker; brothers Aaron (Amanda) and J.R. Walker; sister Sheena Walker (Daniel); paternal grandmother Gertrude Walker; maternal grand-parents Mel and Beatrice Bedard; niece Alise Walker; nephew Aaden Walker; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She was predeceased by her grandfather Bert Walker on February 23, 2006. A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 27 at 1:00 p.m. in the Gilbart Funeral Chapel, Selkirk with Rev. Barry Walker officiating. Cremation will follow. In lieu of flowers, a trust fund will be set up for the Walker children at the Sunova Credit Union in Selkirk. A band of angels are coming after you. Coming for to carry you home Sleep well our beautiful girl and rest in peace. We will meet you in heaven as we are called home one by one. Gilbart Funeral Home, Selkirk in care of arrangements.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 26, 2009