YVONNE MARIE MARGUERITE ROUIRE (LAPORTE)

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YVONNE MARIE MARGUERITE ROUIRE (nee LAPORTE) With broken hearts we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Yvonne Rouire, at the age of 93 years and ten months. Surrounded by her family, Mom passed away at the St. Claude Hospital on April 23, 2004. Mom leaves to mourn her passing five sons, Maurice (Angele), Albert (Jeanne), Jos (Francine), Raymond (Anita) and Roland (Pauline) three daughters, Alice (Florent) Labossiere, Yvonne (Roland) Dequier and Diane (Ron) Anaka; one son-in-law Guy Lemieux; 35 grandchildren, 57 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson. She also leaves to mourn three sisters, Suzanne Augert, Germaine Roy and Marie Chanel; one brother Chris (Lorraine) Laporte; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was predeceased by her loving husband Ernest in 1978, her daughter Denise in infancy, daughter Georgette in 1982, great-granddaughter Katie in 1988, her father Louis Laporte in 1970 and her mother Germaine Laporte in 1962. Prayers will be held at the St. Denis Roman Catholic Church, in Haywood, MB, on Monday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. preceded by viewing at 1:00 p.m. at the St. Denis Roman Catholic Church, in Haywood with Fr. Jean-Jacques Serceau officiating. Interment to follow in the Haywood Parish Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, memorial donations may be made to the St. Claude Health District, Box 400, St. Claude, MB R0G 1Z0. The family sends a special thank you to Dr. Viens and all the nursing staff, old and new, to the homecare workers and the St. Claude Hospital for the excellent care they gave our mother. Adams Funeral Home of Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba in care of arrangements. Phone 248-2201 or 1-888-400-2326. www.afh.ca I pray when risen from the dead, I may in glory stand Perhaps a crown upon my head, But four needles in my hand. I never learned to sing or play, So let no harp be mine, From childhood to my dying day Plain knittings been my line. And so, accustomed to the end, In plying useful stitches, Ill be content, if given to knit, The little angels britches.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 26, 2004