BEAUDOIN : In Loving Memory of Julia Delphine Beaudoin who was born January 4, 1918 at Vawn, SK and passed away February 25, 2012 at North Battleford, SK. Left to cherish Julia's memory: her loving children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren: son: Lloyd (Phyllis) Beaudoin: Giselle (Ron) Bec - Jessica, Brittany, Chelsea, Ryan, Kylee; daughters: Germaine Roy: Joanne (Almiro) Victor - Thomas, Kayla, Samuel; Francine (Scott) Fawthorp - Katie-Anne, Joel, Anna; Jeanne (Peter) Dimen: Chritine (Lynn) Wagner - Jacob, Caleb; Marcie Dimen - Alex; Rachelle Dimen; Therese (Ted) Phillips: Bernadette Phillips (Gene) - Blair, Jennifer, Marcel, Terry; Jullianna (Pat) Eaton - Bradley, Kelby, Morgan, Amber; Lee Phillips - Shae-Lynn, Josh, Brennon; Trevor (Jamie) Phillips - Rylee, Harley, Cooper; son: Philip (Trudy) Beaudoin: Blair (Mona) - Samuel, Olivia; Rebecca (T.J.) Alsop - Breanna, Shanna, Leif; daughter: Annette (Marcel) Duhaime: Gerald (Trina) - Thomas, Mathew, Adam, Robert; Kevin (Deanna) - Jocelyn, Claire, Isaac, Bridget; Jaimie; son: Daniel (Gaetanne) Beaudoin: Charles Denée (Parker); sisters: Marieange Day and Therese Forgues; nieces, nephews and their families. Julia was predeceased by her parents, Joe & Louisa Gerard; husband: Wilfred; son: Marcel; son-in-law: Jean-Marc Roy; granddaughter: Stephanie Phillips. The Vigil Of Prayer was held Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. with Gaetanne Beaudoin Presider and Mass Of Christina Burial was held Friday, March 2, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. with Father Anthony Afangide M.S.P. Celebrant. Both Services were from St. Hippolyte Roman Catholic Church, Vawn, SK. The Cross Bearer was Robert Duhaime; Eulogy given by Marcel Duhaime and Altar Servers were Ryan Bec and Adam & Robert Duhaime. Liturgy Of The Word was shared by 1st Reading, Gerald Duhaime; 2nd Reading, Giselle Bec and Prayers Of The Faithful by Christine Wagner and Joanne Victor. Liturgy Of The Eucharist: Gifts Of Bread and Wine: Jaimie Duhaime & Rachelle Dimen and Eucharist Minister, Juliette Blais. Gifts of Music were Organist, Linda Levesque; Our Lady of Fatima Choir and Soloists, Annette Duhaime: "Jirais La Voir Un Jour" and Robert MacKay, "Amazing Grace". Hymn Selections were "On Eagle's Wings", "Prayer Of St. Francis" and "How Great Thou Art". The Honourary Pallbearers were "All The Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren" and Pallbearers were Lee & Trevor Phillips, Blair & Charles Beaudoin, Gerald & Thomas (for Uncle Kevin) Duhaime. Memorials are requested to Mass Offerings and Heart & Stroke Foundation. Interment took place at St. Hippolyte Cemetery, Vawn, SK. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Battlefords Funeral Service. 446-4200 Eulogy read by Marcel Duhaime Julia was born January 4, 1918 to Francois and Elisa Gerard, the 11th child of a family of 13. She lived her whole life in the Vawn area growing up on the east side of Mud Lake. She told us many times of the bountiful fishing from the lake and countless evenings of swimming after a day of hard work. Sadly that lake is now a slough. Being a product of her era, she was used to hard work, working for her older siblings as their own families grew. However even at an early age she was full of practical jokes. One little story she told was when doing Saturday house cleaning, her and her sister Mari-Ange were cleaning bedrooms fluffing the feather mattresses and decided that their brother Albert's bed should be placed in a different location in the bedroom. Well his getting into bed routine was to open the door and flop on the bed, that night the bed was not there so his flop landed him on the floor. He said a few choice words, the girls really did not sleep that night as they could not stop themselves from laughing. Uncle Albert obviously forgave her because he would always come home and pick her up to go to dances. Mom married her life partner, Wilfred Beaudoin, October 30, 1939 and moved to his home a whole 2 miles away. It was a life of hard work and struggle but their love was always evident in the way they lived their lives, often times we would see Mom and Dad giving each other an impromptu hug. Never afraid of hard work, Mom dug in and milked cows, grew huge gardens, cooked huge meals, baked countless loaves of bread, while starting a family of her own, where she had new victims for her practical jokes. Many times she had us all in fits of laughter as one trick or another was played on a poor unsuspecting victim. Mom was always the one who laughed the hardest ending up with a sore stomach and tears rolling down her cheeks, many times laughing well into the next day. Dad would come in, just smile and shake his head at her, he loved her very much. He would also be a victim of her sense of humour. Their evening ritual before bed was to kneel and pray the rosary. One evening a bee bit Dad on this big toe, his reaction was to yell in pain and Mom really did not sleep that night as she could not control her spasms of laughter, Of course it didn't help when Dad would say 'enough already". Another memory, one April fools day she played a joke on Dad. He was at the barn doing chores and she went out and called him to come to the phone, when he walked in she said "April fools". His reaction drove her to fits of laughter that continued throughout the day. Thank goodness she married someone who loved to dance as much as she did. Many times we would see Mom and Dad on the dance floor having a blast. They were a force beautiful to watch. Mom had to be money conscious after Dad passed away. On a visit to Jean and Peter's house, she was mending socks and visiting with them. She said how young people spend money foolishly. For example she said "Colette Corbeil bought a dog for $300.00" Lloyd asked "Does she show it?" Mom replied "Of course she shows it, she showed it to me and Danny and Gaetanne!" The look on Lloyd's face was priceless. After our laughter subsided, she laughed with us. Family was the most important value to Mom and every grandchild was a special gift to her and she was always there to give a helping hand. Sometimes however Mom's teasing would come back to haunt her. Once she was helping out Phillip and Trudy, looking after their children. She had got Blair and Becky ready for church and gave specific instructions to wait and not go outside while she got ready. Mom heard the outside door close. She thought - the little farts - she rushed out of the bathroom, down the hallway to find Blair giggling as he had tricked grandma. Another time she talked about a lot was waiting for the bus with the kids in the morning on Highway 17. Blair was pretending he was going to dart out in traffic, as the traffic was swerving because of some roadkill. It scared the heck out of her. Teasing, she did get it back. Another habit Mom had when she disagreed with something going on; you knew she was annoyed because she would roll her eyes. Being the hard worker that she was, when Becky was making preparations for her wedding, Becky said by 7:00 p.m. that evening everyone was ready to stop, grandma would start on another item, and Becky stated that you had to continue because a woman in her 80's wasn't ready to stop. Phillip and Trudy work with foster children. While Mom was visiting, one of the boys was acting up a bit. Mom at 85 years old went up to this 15 year old boy, shook her fist right in front of his face and stated that if he were hers he would have a red mark somewhere. We have shared many laughs with our mother and these are moments we will treasure forever. During Phillip and Trudy's visits with Mom she would always bring up Trudy's runaway cart ride. Mom was really thankful she hadn't got in the cart with her. She stated that Trudy said it was going to be a short ride - she was right. Trudy didn't go very far and looked like she was hurt fairly badly. Mom also had a little runaway herself. One day Therese decided to take Mom for a round of golf. She hadn't been out for awhile and didn't seem to recognize the place but on the second hole when Therese was chipping on to the green Mom moved over and started driving the golf cart. Therese was wondering how far she was going to have to walk. She yelled to Mom she was going the wrong way so Mom turned the cart and got hung up. Not remembering how to put the cart in reverse she was very annoyed with herself. About 2 years ago, Mom fell ill and needed constant care. Life for her became a different kind of challenge. We knew her time with us was coming to an end. One of the last conversations with Mom she said she was afraid of dying. Trudy replied that everyone was scared of dying as we always fear the unknown. Phillip asked Mom if she believed in God, she perked up and said she definitely did. This seemed to put her at ease. Phillip said if she didn't make it to heaven we were all in trouble. This brought a smile to her face. Mom had a beautiful life. She never wanted to be a burden on anyone and she never was. Mom we will miss you. We know that you are playing practical jokes in heaven. Look out Dad, she's back! CARD OF THANKS Julia's family would like to extend sincere appreciation and thanks to everyone for your prayers and kind words; the staff at Riverside Memorial for their excellent care she received during her stay; Fr. Anthony Afangide for your message; Our Lady of Fatima Choir, Meota for the music ministry; the Vawn Ladies Community Club for the lunch; and Robert MacKay and staff at Battlefords Funeral Service for your care and attention. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
