Avis de décès de Therese Deschenes

DESCHENES, Therese Bourgeois Left the party at 4:30 pm on Saturday, July 5 surrounded by her husband of 63 years Marcel Deschenes and her four daughters Nicole (Jamie Angus), Monique (Michel Charlebois), Suzanne (Gillian Marston) and Claudette (Wally Boxhill) and her grandson Marc Levac (Tanya Barbeau) and grand-daughters Amanda and Stephanie Boxhill, and the thoughts of grandson Eric Levac, who is serving with the Canadian High Commission in Colombo Sri Lanka. She also leaves to party on, her cherished great-grand-daughter Izabel Audrey Levac and special friends Sarah Gaudet and Lindsay Kearns and their families. Bang Bang as she was affectionately named by Cecil Morrison when she worked for Morrison Lamothe was an organizer of great parties and loved to spoil her grandchildren and children in general. She loved life and even 83 years was too short for her. She instilled a love of public service and higher education in her children after a long career with Health and Welfare Canada which she joined after leaving the private sector. Voting was not only a privilege but a duty. 1967 saw her planting 3 centennial apple trees in her yard. She was an avid bowler, roller-skater and cyclist in her time. She loved to garden and no daughter was exempt from weeding the rows of home grown vegetables before being granted a night out. Age was never a factor. She traveled to far away places and climbed mountains well into her 70s. Her fondest trip was in 1995 when she spent the 50th anniversary of D-Day walking the streets of London with Dad who introduced her to his memories of his time in England as a gunner with the RCAF during WWII. Her love of Christmas and all its trappings is legendary. Her home was featured in many a newspaper and TV report. Ditto for Halloween, Easter and Canada Day. Born into another life, she would have been a set designer or a window dresser. Creative and artistic, she put to shame many paid professionals. She introduced her grandchildren to most of the roller coasters in North America. She was at ease with all ranks of society and her generosity and hospitality knew no bounds. She loved the one-arm bandits and always thought her turn was just a spin away. May God grant all her wishes and may her Christmas tree be the brightest in heaven. The family would like to thank Dr. Janet Dollin, the doctors and nurses of the Civic Emergent Care as well as the entire D2 ICU team at the Civic for their care of Mom. You heeded her call and eased her pain and we are grateful. The Deschenes Family. Friends may pay respects at the Kelly Funeral Home 2313 Carling Avenue (west of Carlingwood) Thursday from 1 to 4 And 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass in Memory of Mrs. Deschenes will be held Friday in Basilica Notre Dame Cathedral at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute would be appreciated.