MANEGRE - Funeral Mass for the late Roger Manegre of North Battleford was held on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 @ 11:00 a.m. from the Don Ross Centre with Reverend Father Gerard Legaspi officiating. Vigil of Prayer was held on Monday, January 7, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. from Notre Dame de Lourdes Roman Catholic Church with Jean Pawlus presiding. Interment followed the luncheon in the Town of Cut Knife Cemetery. Memorial Donations in memory of the late Roger Manegre may be directed to the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club or to Battlefords Union Hospital Palliative Care Ward C/O the Manegre family Unit # 1, 2502 Kildeer Drive, North Battleford, Sask. S9A-3Z2. Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife of 48 years Dorothy; son Darin (Sherri) Manegre; his grandchildren Paige and Connor Manegre; his sisters Jeanne Moate (Andy) of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Rachelle St. Pierre of Edmonton, Alberta; sisters-in-law Florence (Myron) Sirman of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Margaret Denton of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Sharyn (Gord) Bell of Herschel, Saskatchewan, brother-in-law Dennis Denton (Erin) of North Battleford, Saskatchewan and numerous nieces and nephews. Roger was predeceased by his son Todd Michael Manegre; his parents Leo and Marie-Anne; brother Laurence (Marg) Manegre, nephew Gary Manegre; father and mother-in-law Bruce and Lee Denton; and brothers-in-law Ed St. Pierre and Cliff Moate. Condolences for the family may be left at Funeral Arrangements for the late Roger Manegre were entrusted to Trevor Watts of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium. Eulogy delivered by Al White Roger Bernard Manegre was born on April 11th, 1946 in North Battleford. He was the fourth born of four children. Roger attended elementary school at Notre Dame in North Battleford. Roger went daily to the Notre Dame Parish where he served as an altar boy. After attending school at Notre Dame Roger moved onto St. Thomas College in North Battleford. After College Roger started working his first job at Maher Agencies, this was the beginning of many years as an Insurance Salesman. Roger married the love of his life Dorothy Denton in 1965 and together they shared 48 years of wedded bliss. In 1966 Roger managed to scrape enough money together to buy Cut Knife Agencies, an insurance business that him and Dorothy developed into Real Estate, a Sears order office, Liquor vendor and weekly newspaper. During his time in Cut Knife Roger served six years as an alderman and nineteen consecutive years as the Mayor of the community. In 1996 Roger and Dorothy sold Cut Knife agencies and Roger took on a management position for the Spiritwood ACTC. In 1998 they bought REMAX of the Battlefords, which he developed into a staff of twenty agents, it also included a satellite office in Meadow Lake. In 2010 Roger sold REMAX of the Battlefords to Brian Maunula and he continued on as the franchise Broker. For Roger, family was everything, his forever wife Dorothy, son Darin, daughter in law Sheri and those grandchildren Paige and Conner, who he would continuously be found bragging about. Without question Turtle Lake and that pontoon boat was a passion and for sure if you went boating with Roger you had to set at least six to eight hours aside. From the book of Ecclesiastics Chapter 12 versus 6 and 7 "Or ever the silver cord be loosed or the golden bowl be broken, or the picture broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern then shall the dust return to the earth as it was and the spirit shall return onto God who gave it".. Father in Thy gracious keeping, leave us now our Collegue sleeping. Thank you Our sincere thank you to family and friends for their love and support during this very difficult time. Thank you to Dr. Janet Tootoosis and the nurses and staff on third floor and Palliative Care Unit, your compassion and care was so greatly appreciated. Thank you to Father Gerard Legaspi and Jean Pawlus for your guidance and kind words of encouragement, to Gerald Desmarais for the awesome music and to Charles Day for his choice of music. Thank you to the Battlefords Remax office and special mention to Joanne Iverson for the many hours spent putting the Power Point presentation together. Thank you to the Pallbearers, the Notre Dame CWL for the lunch. To the Cut Knife Elks for the honour guard. To the Venice House for a place to gather for family and friends after the service. Thank you for all the Masses, cards, flowers, food to the house, phone calls, visits, donations to the BUH Palliative Care and the North Battleford Boys & Girls Club. Our thanks to Trevor and staff of Eternal Memories Funeral Service and Crematorium for their compassionate care. Dorothy, Darin,Sherri, Paige and Connor
