FRANCOISE LAVALLEE (TREMBLAY)

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FRANCOISE LAVALLEE (nee TREMBLAY) Paisiblement, entouree de sa famille, Francoise Lavallee, nee Tremblay, est decedee a Montreal le 3 fevrier 2004 des suites dune maladie de coeur. Elle avait 83 ans. Elle laisse dans le deuil son epoux et compagnon depuis 58 ans, Paul; ses fils Claude (Claire) et Marc (Violanda) de Winnipeg; ses filles Paulette Payne (Ken) et Yvonne Richter (Norm) dOttawa et Monique de Sherbrooke, QC ainsi que onze petits enfants et un arriere petit fils. Elle laisse egalement ses freres Roland de Montreal et Bernard (Edna) de Winnipeg, ses soeurs Suzanne de Montreal, Jeannine Tessier (Gaston) de Quebec et Ginette Belair de Winnipeg en plus de nombreux autres parents et amis. Francoise est nee a St-Boniface, MB le 4 novembre 1920, la 8e de 14 enfants de feux Joseph Pierre Tremblay et Eugenie Dupuy. Elle epousa Paul Lavallee le 27 septembre 1945. Le couple habitait a Montreal depuis 1966. Les funerailles de Francoise ont eu lieu le 7 fevrier 2004 a Montreal. Une messe commemorative, suivie de linhumation des cendres, aura lieu a St-Boniface, plus tard au printemps. FRANCOISE LAVALEE Peacefully, with her family at her side, Francoise Lavallee, nee Tremblay, passed away from heart failure in Montreal on February 3, 2004, at the age of 83. She will be deeply missed by her husband and companion of 58 years, Paul; her sons, Claude (Claire) and Marc (Violanda) of Winnipeg; her daughters, Paulette Payne (Ken) and Yvonne Richter (Norm) of Ottawa and Monique of Sherbrooke, QC; eleven grandchildren and one great-grandson. She also leaves her brothers, Roland of Montreal, Bernard (Edna) of Winnipeg; her sisters, Suzanne of Montreal, Jeannine Tessier (Gaston) of Quebec City, and Ginette Belair of Winnipeg; as well as numerous relatives and friends. Francoise was born in St. Boniface, MB, on November 4, 1920, the eighth of 14 children of Joseph Pierre Tremblay and Eugenie Dupuy. She married Paul Lavallee on September 27, 1945. The couple has resided in Montreal since 1966. Funeral services were held in Montreal on February 7. A memorial service, followed by interment of her ashes, will be held in St. Boniface, later this spring.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Feb 21, 2004