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MARION ELIZABETH MCDUFFE
Date of Passing: Feb 12, 2026
Send Flowers to the Family Offer Condolences or MemoryMARION ELIZABETH MCDUFFE
Marion Elizabeth McDuffe, aged 76, passed away unexpectedly February 12, 2026 at Health Science Center in Winnipeg, while being treated for cancer. It's been a full year since diagnosis. Marion faced all her cancer treatments with strength and determination and fought a good battle.
She was born on August 25, 1949 in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba to John and Sadie Michaluk, (Chalmers). When Marion was in grade one, her family moved to the town of Dauphin.
In eighth grade, Marions father said she'd go to boarding school if her grades didn't get better. One day her response was, "send me then, I want to go" and he did. She was sent to Sacred Heart Academy in Yorkton Saskatchewan, which she loved and often told stories from her Sacred Heart Days.
Following graduation from Sacred Heart, Marion moved to Brandon and completed one year at Brandon University and then accepted a position at Brandon Mental Health Center as a summer relief student. In that fall of 1970, she was accepted into the psychiatric nursing program. She graduated in 1972 as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse and practiced for the next 30+ years with absolutely no regrets in her career choice. She found it very rewarding.
At her grade 12 graduation, her grad partner was Barry McDuffe and they married in the fall of 1973. Both were from Dauphin and both psychiatric nurses.
The family grew quickly; daughter Darcie was born in 1974, son Warren in 1976, and son Christopher in 1978. Life then primarily centered around family, work, and friends. As the kids grew up, the family grew with marriages and grandchildren. Marion maintained a keen interest in all facets of her six grandchildren’s lives. There were many enjoyable summer get togethers at the family cabin at Otter Lake.
She was a person of great faith, an active member of St. Augustine's Parish, had taught catechism, a catholic women's league member, and helped for many years with St Vincent de Paul... She was also an avid watcher and promoter of Father Paul’s online Sunday mass from Flin Flon.
She was a social person, always enthusiastic, outgoing, and never afraid to introduce herself to others. She had many groups of friends.
In her younger years Marion was an avid curler and continued to love curling. She was also a hockey fan who loved watching her grandsons play.
We will all miss her unmistakable laugh. Hearty and loud!
Survived by her husband of 52 years Barry, daughter and son-in-law, Darcie and John Dixon, son and daughter-in-law, Warren and Maureen McDuffe, and son and daughter- in- law Christopher and Sharon McDuffe. There are six grandchildren, Brady and Cole McDuffe, Sarah, Julia and Hayley Dixon and Isla McDuffe. A sister, Grace Gascoigne, brother Don Michaluk and partner Skye Beck. Also, sister-in-law, Dianne Michaluk, brother-in-law, Vernon McDuffe and partner Cynthia Dawidowich, as well as nieces and nephews.
Predeceased by parents, John and Sadie Michaluk, brother Gary, nephew Andrew Michaluk, brother-in-law Bill Gascoigne. Her in-laws, Chuck and Eileen McDuffe and brother-in-law Dale McDuffe.
A funeral service will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.., at St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church, 327 4th Street, Brandon, Manitoba.
As published in Brandon Sun on Feb 28, 2026