DESMOND, ARLENE (ROPER) - beloved wife of Joseph, died April 7, 2006, at her home in Edmonton, Alberta, her family by her side. Besides her husband, Joe, of 42 years, she is survived by her daughter, Darla Lee (Tom) Stark, Portland Oregon, brother, Gerald Roper, Mexico, and sister Joanne McFadden, Winnipeg; brothers-in-law Lawrence (Eugenia) Mississauga; Vincent (Anne); Bernard (Joan) and sister-in-law Elizabeth (Walter) Cann, all of Saint John and several nieces and nephews.