Yolande Purcell
1943-2019
Surrounded by
her family, Yolande Purcell – age 75, wife of John Thomas
Purcell of Sormany, passed away peacefully on Sunday April 7, 2019 at
the Chaleur Regional Hospital in Bathurst.
She was the daughter of the
late Victor and Alma (Haché) Boudreau of
Sormany.
She is survived by her husband,
John; her daughter Jennifer Pitre (Jean-François) of
Ste-Rosette and her son John Curtis Purcell (Tania) of Sormany; her 4
grandchildren whom she adored : Sarah, Zachary, Emma and
Chloé; her step-children, grand-children and
great-grand-children; her sisters: Odila Boudreau, Emilienne
Blanchard, Estelle Boudreau (Réginald), Colette Frenette
(Alcide), Bella Parker, Gabrielle Boudreau (Maurice) and Sr. Hectorine
Boudreau, ss.cc.jm.; her brothers: Hector Boudreau (Blondine) and
André Boudreau (Fernande); her brother-in-law Arthur Damase
Doucet; as well as many nieces and nephews she loved
dearly.
She was predeceased by her
sisters: Évangéline Jegerlehner and Rita Doucet
and her brothers-in-law: Edmond Boudreau, Johnny Blanchard, Rodrigue
Frenette, George Parker, Philippe Guitard and Rudolph Jegerlehner.
There will be no visitation at
the funeral home. The religious service for Yolande Purcell will be
celebrated at the Ste-Thérèse-d’Avila
Church in Robertville on Saturday, April 13th,
2019 at 10am and will be followed by a small reception in the church
basement for family and
friends.
The funeral arrangements are in
the care of Heritage Funeral Home Beresford,
(www.mfheritage.com).
The family wishes to thank the
many doctors at the Moncton Oncology Center and the Chaleur Regional
Hospital, as well as the employees of the NB Extra Mural Program and
the Palliative Care Unit of the Vitality Health Network in Bathurst
for the care and attention given to
Yolande.
A donation in memory of Yolande
may be made to the charity of the donor’s
choice.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Yolande Purcell 19432019..
Death notice for the town of: Beresford, Province: Nouveau-Brunswick