YVONNE BOURQUE - 1919 – 2010 - It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our dear mother, Yvonne Bourque. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, at the Dr. Georges-L-Dumont Hospital on November 5th, 2010. She resided in Moncton/Dieppe, most of her adult life.
Born in Ste-Marie-de-Kent, NB, on September 10th, 1919, she was the daughter of late Alyre and the late Annie (née: LeBlanc) Allain.
Yvonne worked several years at the Brunswick Hotel and Hotel Beauséjour as a banquet server. She took great pride in the dignitaries she served throughout her career. She was a member of the Club d’Age d’Or de Dieppe and the Dieppe Senior Bowling League, she enjoyed bowling, playing cards, darts and knitting blankets for different charities, but her true passion was spending time with her family.
She is survived by three daughters: Annette (Valmont) Gauvin, Bernice Johnston (Emery Melanson) and Dianne (John) Johnson, all three of Dieppe; three sons: Normand (Betty Allison) of Miramichi, Leonard (Gloria) of Dieppe and Bernard (Kim Ricker) of Riverview; one sister, Pauline Lacombe of Cambridge, Mass; one brother, Alcide Allain of Ste-Marie-de-Kent; nine grandchildren: Charles, Guy, Monette, Karen Wilson, Terry, Karen Bushey, Terrie, Kelly and Mathieu, several great grandchildren as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Emile in 1963; her precious daughter, Paulette in 2002; one sister, Geneva Arseneault and also by three brothers: Ulysse, Emile and Oscar.
At her request, there will no public visitation at the funeral home. Funeral mass will be celebrated from the Ste-Thérèse Roman Catholic Church, Dieppe, NB, on Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 at 2 pm. Interment in Notre-Dame du Calvaire Cemetery, Dieppe, NB. The family will receive relatives and friends to share memories and refreshments at a reception to follow. Donations to the memorial of the donor’s choice would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangement entrusted to the Chartersville Funeral Home, 363 Amirault Street, Dieppe, (857-1901) www.chartersville.com