GERTRUDE (GERTIE) POIRIER (PELLETIER)

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GERTRUDE (GERTIE) POIRIER (nee PELLETIER) Peacefully on Friday, August 6, 2004 Gertrude "Gertie" Poirier passed away at St. Boniface General Hospital with her family by her side. Besides her loving husband of 55 years, Ralph "Raoul", she leaves to mourn her two sons, Robert and Bernard "Berny" and his wife Marie (Deault) and grandchildren, Ronald, Natalie and Valerie; one sister-in-law Mrs. Juliette Pelletier. Gertrude was predeceased by her parents, Telesphore and Leda (Pedneault) Pelletier; as well as her brothers, Amedee "Jack", Gustave, Alfred, Jean-Baptiste, and Albert "Bert"; and sisters, Therese Marchand, Angeline "Toots" LaRiviere, and Sister Eva Pelletier (Soeur Gertrude-Marie, fdlc). Born in St. Boniface on May 19, 1915, Gertrude attended boarding school in St. Adolphe. As a young woman, she worked at Sovereign Life and Saskatchewan Wheat Pool where she made many lifelong friends including Marcelle (Rocan) Gaudry, Margaret Fraser and Gladys (Craig) Pavloff. In 1949, she married the love of her life, Raoul, and in her final days she always exhorted us to "look after her daddy". Being the youngest of the family, she was closer in age to many of her nieces and nephews, her welcoming spirit was always ready to accommodate one or more for supper at "Gerties Inn." After Dads retirement in 1981, Gertrude always looked forward to her daily breakfast at Salisbury House, where the staff were even more important to her than the meals. Gertrude and Ralph were able to take several trips to Florida and British Columbia, and in later years to Saskatoon to visit the grandchildren. The family wishes to thank the doctors and staff of St. Boniface Hospital for their care and attention to Moms needs, as well as Audrey and Dr. Jean Prenovault of Windsor Park Medical Clinic. Special thanks to her "angel", Wendy Hoffman. Prayers will be offered on Tuesday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m. at Green Acres Funeral Home, Hwy. No. 1 East and Navin Road. Funeral mass will take place on Wednesday, August 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Precious Blood Church/LEglise Precieux-Sang, 200 Kenny St. (St. Boniface). Rev. Fr. Isaie Blanchette, o.m.i will preside. Entombment will follow in Holy Angel Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Manitoba Lung Association, 2nd Floor, 629 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, MB R3A 1P6. GREEN ACRES Funeral Home and Cemetery Hwy. #1. E. and Navin Rd (1-877-230-0438)

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Aug 10, 2004