Cecile Comte

Peacefully at the Notre Dame Hospital on Saturday, December 16, 2006, Mrs. Cécile Comte of Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba passed away at the age of 89 years.

She leaves to mourn 11 children: Jean (Simone), Marie (John McNab), André (Gisèle), Suzanne (Geof Trunkfield), Aubert, Céline, Clémence (Wayne Deschouwer), Alain (Lorraine), Alice (Aimé Gautron), Fernand (Nicole), Léo (Audrey); 28 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She also leaves to mourn her sisters Clémence Chabbert and Yolande (Tony) Bérard; her brother Donat (Denise) Lesage; brothers-in-law Pierre Delaquis, Louis, Raymond and Albert (Céline) Comte; and sisters-in-law Elise and Agnès Comte, and Solange Gaultier.

She was predeceased by her husband Paul in 1990; son Michel in 1944; daughter-in-law Barbara in 2006; parents Frank Lesage in 1990 and Clémentine (née Labossière) in 1937; brother Eugène; sisters Agnès (Victor) Pantel and Thérèse Delaquis; brothers-in-law Emile Chabbert, Michel, Joseph (Marie), Léon, Auguste (Suzanne) Comte and Jos Gaultier.

Cécile was born November 25, 1917 in Notre Dame de Lourdes. She attended school at the St. Léon Convent at the early age of five. She enrolled at Normal School in Brandon and then taught four years at Ecole Montcalm. She married Paul on October 29, 1940. They lived on the farm, and moved to town in 1990 where she resided until her passing. She loved to garden and volunteer at the Foyer and did so right up to the time of her passing. Her door was always wide open to children and grandchildren. Relatives were very important to her and she enjoyed talking to everyone she met in her daily activities.

Prayers will be held at Adam's Funeral Home on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 8 p.m. Funeral Mass will be celebrated in the Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 2 p.m. preceded by Recitation of the Rosary at 1:30. Interment to follow in the Parish Cemetery.

Flowers are gratefully declined. Donations may be made in her memory to the Fondation Centre de Santé Notre-Dame, Box 190, Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB  R0G 1M0.

Adam's Funeral Home of Notre Dame de Lourdes, Manitoba in care of arrangements. Phone 248-2201 or 1-888-400-2326.