YVETTE FLORENCE LAMBERT (DESROSIERS) -

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YVETTE FLORENCE LAMBERT (nee DESROSIERS) 1931 - 2011 It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Yvette Lambert on Monday, April 18, 2011 at the Saint-Boniface Hospital at the age of 80 years old. She passed away peacefully with her loved ones by her side. Yvette was born in Saint-Malo on April 12, 1931 in a family of 17 children. She married Henri in 1955 and shortly after, they moved to the city. She starting working at the St-Boniface Hospital and then continued her career at St-Amant Centre. She took great pride in her work for over 27 years but always had time for her family. Being together at mealtime was always a priority: a belief that she instilled in her children. Yvette enjoyed taking classes in pottery, painting, ceramics, needlepoint and other crafting projects. Gardening was also a great pastime of hers, tending to her garden and planting flowers together with Henri. On weekends, Yvette and Henri would spend their time in Saint-Malo with their children and grandchildren at their cabin by the river. Many great memories will forever be cherished of those days together. Yvette also looked forward to the curling season to watch and cheer for her favourite teams. She also enjoyed to bowl and after her retirement, she took up golf. Henri and her spent many years golfing during the day and taking up dancing at night. She took many trips and Europe being her last. She was an amazing mother and an even better grandmother. Une maman formidable donne toujours une grand-mère exceptionnelle. She will be dearly missed by her beloved husband Henri, of 57 years and two children Leonard (Sheryl Fontaine) and Brigitte Graff (her friend Noël Gérardy), her grandchildren: Lisa (Bill Hettrick), Gina, Trevor, Stéphanie, Christine, Marie and Patrick, her great-grandchildren: Liam and Caleb. She also leaves behind her brothers and sisters: Thérèse Trudel, Léonne Barnabé, Jeanne Lipischak, Claire Lagassé (Auguste), Céline Robertson (Stan), Maurice Desrosiers (Marcelle), Estelle Marion (Alfred), Simone Gosselin (Claude), Paul Desrosiers (Shirley), Bertille Croteau (Lucien), Jean Desrosiers (Edith), Robert Desrosiers (Sharon), Guy Desrosiers (Claire), her sisters-in-law: Hélène Johnson (Stan), Yvette McNeil (Don), her brother-in-law, Pierre Lambert (Jeannette), and a large family of cousins, nephews and nieces. Yvette was predeceased by her parents Emilien et Ernestine Desrosiers (née Bourgeois), Origène et Albina Lambert (née Malo), Anna Desrosiers, Marie Deschenes, George Desrosiers, Aimé Trudel, André Barnabé, Leslie Lipischak, Daniel Deschenes, Tom and Aline McNeil and Paulette Belisle. Il fait clair au soleil, il fait chaud près de sa mère. Funeral mass will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 27 at the St. Boniface Cathedral. Interment will take place at St. Boniface Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to www.desjardinsfuneralchapel.ca DESJARDINS 233-4949 1-888-233-4949

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 23, 2011