Of Bay Roberts passed peacefully away at the Bay Roberts Retirement Centre on Monday, August 8, 2016. Mrs. Roach was 96 years old. She leaves to mourn her loving family: children: Phyllis (Josiah) Gosse, Linda (Douglas) Churchill, Donald Jr. (Madonna) Roach, Harry (Sandra) Roach and Beverley Rodgers (Paul Midgley); grandchildren: Darryl (Angela), Don (Loretta), Janice (Jamie), Andrea (Dave), Stewart (April), Stephen (Tatiana), Dennis (Lori), Elizabeth, Daniel and Julia; great-grandchildren: Emily, Julia, Matthew, Sophie, Charlie, Olivia, Baxter, Peyton, Kyleigh, Landyn and Alex (Sasha); special niece Ruby (Allan) Tilley; special cousin Shirley (George) Owens; sister-in-law Dorothy (Paul) Hoyles; and a large circle of nieces, nephews and cousins. Predeceased by: parents Richard and Jessie Crane; husband Donald Roach, Sr. (1985); and siblings: Jack (Mary), Beulah (Donald), Lewis and Doris. The Funeral Service will be held at 2 P.M. on Friday, August 12, 2016 from St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church & Cemetery, Coley's Point. The family will be receiving relatives and friends at SLADE'S FUNERAL HOME, L.T. STICK DRIVE, BAY ROBERTS, on Wednesday 7-9 P.M., Thursday 10:30 A.M. - 12 Noon, 2-5 P.M. and 7-9 P.M. and Friday 10:30 A.M. - 12 Noon. Flowers are gratefully accepted or donations may be made in her loving memory to St. John the Evangelist Church Memorial Fund or the CNIB. Condolences may be written to the family at: sladesfuneralhome.ca. For further information please call Slade's Funeral Home, Bay Roberts at 786-2323. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Slade's Funeral Home, serving Carbonear, Upper Island Cove, Bay Roberts and surrounding areas.