Robertville – Mrs. Yvonne Pitre, 87, wife of the late Edgar Pitre, of Résidence Boucher in Robertville, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday (September 28, 2010) at the Chaleur Regional Hospital, Bathurst.
Born in Ste-Louise, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred and Béatrice (Godin) Lavigne.
She is survived by : Seven daughters; Solange (Lévis Comeau) and Colette (Jean-Charles LeBlanc) of Robertville, Yollande Roy (René Doucet) and Esther Pitre (Guy Arseneau) of Petit-Rocher, Sylvia (Roland Frenette) and Claudette (Bruno Arseneau) of Beresford, Fernande (Raymond Savoie) of Bathurst. Four sons; Roland (Marjolaine) of Robertville, Jeannot of Beresford, Ronald (Sandra ) and Étienne ( Danie Degrâce) of Bathurst. Twenty two grandchildren; Sophie, Daniel, Nathalie, Serge, Stéphane, Sylvain, Chantal, Rachel, Éric, Patrick, Guillaume, Ghislain, Samuel, Christian, Valérie, Catherine, Françoise, Marie-Josée, Annick, Maxime, Karine and Bianca. Three great-grandchildren; Nicholas, Mathis and Arianne. Two brothers; Majella and Edgar of Ontario. Five sisters; Thérèse, Hélène and Maria of Bathurst, Marie-Rose of Joliette and Béatrice of Ontario. Several nieces and nephews.
She was pre-deceased by four brothers; Gérard, Alphonse, Lucien, Napoléon and two sisters; Stella and Évangéline.
Visiting hours will start after 2 p.m. Thursday at Heritage Funeral Home (www.mfheritage.com), Beresford. Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday evening (October 1, 2010) at 7 p.m. from Ste Thérèse Church, Robertville. Visiting hours are Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 and Friday from 2 à 4.