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Vivienne O’Shaughnessy (Nee Kehoe)
The Lady with the smile and a friend to all, Vivienne passed away peacefully on August 18, 2021 at the age of 90 at the Ottawa General Hospital, after a brief illness.
She was much-loved by her husband of 63 years, Jim O’Shaughnessy, as well as her brother Kevin Kehoe of Napanee.
She was the proud mother of four sons: Jimmy (wife Tamara Benoit) of Fenwick, Brian (wife Nancy Spencer) of Mississauga, Kevin of Ottawa, and Michael (fiancé Marie Vastel) of Gatineau; and Grandmother to five grandchildren: Darcy, Marie, Kyle, James VI and Isabella).
She was predeceased by her father, Myles Kehoe, and her mother, Marguerite Desjardins, of Montreal and her son Jimmy.
Born and educated in Montreal, she was a longtime member of the choir at St. Patrick’s parish in Fallowfield, an avid golfer and a former Ladies Captain of the Amberwood Golf and Country Club in Stittsville. She also volunteered for more than 10 years at the local Stittsville library and worked at the Queensway Carleton Hospital.
A Funeral Mass will be held at 2:00 pm at St. Patrick’s Church, Fallowfield, on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Friends and family are invited to pay their respects at the Garden Chapel, Tubman Funeral Home, 3440 Richmond Road, Nepean (between Bayshore Drive and Baseline Road) on Sunday, August 29, 2021, between 2 – 4 pm. Due to COVID restrictions, you must register your attendance at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com or by calling the funeral home at 613-722-6559. Interment will be at a later date in the Family Plot in Notre Dame Des Neiges Cemetery, in Montreal.
In lieu of flowers, a donation in Vivienne’s memory to “lung.ca/copd” or 1-888-566-LUNG (5864) (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) would be appreciated. Tributes, condolences and donations may be made at www.tubmanfuneralhomes.com
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Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Vivienne Kehoe O’Shaughnessy April 16 1931 August 18 2021 (age 90)..
Death notice for the town of: Nepean, Province: Ontario