Date de Décès: 1998-11-21
Date de Parution: 1998-11-22
Source: Ottawa Citizen, ON
MAJOR ST-LAURENT Jeanne nee St-Laurent Peacefully at her residence surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, November 21, 1998, at 88 years of age. Wife of the late Joseph Alfred Major. Beloved daughter of the late Joseph Octave and the late Emma (Nault) St-Laurent. Dear mother of Bernard (Helene Morin), Claire (Bernard Fournier), Michel (Stephanie Launico), Louise (Benoit), Marthe (deBlois), Helene (White) and Marie Major. Beloved grandmother of Bernard Jr., Julie (Kevin Thomson), Roxane (Tom Hunter) and Martine (Bertin LeGuerrier) Major, Nathalie (Earl McGuire) and Sophie-Catherine (Jean-Paul Barrette) Fournier, Caroline (Alain Gareau), Charles (Lucie Osborne), Claudia and Christine Major, Karl Benoit, Brigitte (Lance Larocque), Frederic and Jean-Francois deBlois, also Marguerite and Dominique White. Loving great-grandmother of Kyle and Jay D. Thomson, Lauren and Cory Hunter, Michelle and Dominique Major-LeGuerrier, Marie-Elyse and Francis McGuire, Colin Barrette, Audrey and Emile Major, Etienne Gareau and Alexandre and Vincent deBlois-Larocque. Predeceased by her brothers Octave Provin, Rene, Arsene and Ronald St-Laurent and by the brothers and the sisters of her husband. She is also survived by her sisters-in-law Marguerite St-Laurent and Jeanne D'Arc Major, cousins and many nieces and nephews and by many friends. In order to avoid any oversights, the family would like to express their gratitude and sincere thanks to all the medical staff, nurses, home care support, care givers and the clergy, which has allowed her to leave this world in dignity, with a minimum of suffering and a maximum degree of serenity. She will be resting at the Racine, Robert & Gauthier Funeral Home (241-3680) 259 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa, Sunday from 7 to 10 and Monday from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Funeral Service will be held at the Notre-Dame Basilica, 385 Sussex Drive, Tuesday, November 24th, at 10:30 a.m. Donations to the Maison Alleluia (L'Arche d'Ottawa) 19 Fairmont Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 1X4, 729-1601, would be appreciated.