IRENE MARIE LEONTINE DEROO

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IRENE MARIE LEONTINE DEROO Peacefully at Prairie View Lodge in Pilot Mound, MB, on Thursday, July 8, 2004, Irene DeRoo, aged 85 years. Irene was born December 6, 1918 in Swan Lake, MB. She was a deeply religious, caring, and loving woman who was dedicated to her family and students. She had a delightful sense of humour and she loved music and books. Miss DeRoo obtained a teaching certificate at St. Johns College in New York and later a Bach. of Ed. from the University of Manitoba. While teaching in Montreal, she became interested in counselling and earned the necessary psychology credits at McGill University. Her total educational career spanned a period of some forty years and involved teaching jobs in Bruxelles, St. Alphonse, Swan River, Pilot Mound, Montreal, New York, and finally Vincent Massey in Winnipeg. During her career she taught every grade from one to twelve. Miss DeRoo was a dedicated counsellor and teacher who regarded the students with great affection, without looking at them through rose-coloured glasses. The staff will attest that she was a good friend and companion. Irene was a strong sister who will be sadly missed by Morris (Mary) DeRoo, Richard (Alice) DeRoo, Martha DeVloo, and Bernadette Decosse; in-laws, Herb Briem and Lorette DeRoo. Irene was predeceased by her parents, Victor and Augusta DeRoo, brother Joseph DeRoo, sisters, Mary VanCauwenberghe and Anna Briem; in-laws, Rene VanCauwenberghe, Maurice DeVloo, and Marcel DeCosse. She is an aunt to too many to mention. Funeral mass will be celebrated from St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Swan Lake, MB on Tuesday, July 13 at 2:00 p.m., Officiant Father Gerry Sambrano. Interment will follow the service at the Swan Lake Parish Cemetery. Prayers will be said at the church on Monday evening, July 12 at 7:00 p.m. Friends, if they desire, may donate in her memory to a charity of their choice. Grahams Funeral Service of Pilot Mound in care of the arrangements.

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Jul 10, 2004