Mary Helen Breault March 18, 1931- October 16, 2015
Mary Helen Breault March 18, 1931- October 16, 2015 Mary was born March 18, 1931 to George and Eliza May Lake. She was the oldest girl in her family. She had four brothers, and three sisters.
Mary was born March 18, 1931 to George and Eliza May Lake. She was the oldest girl in her family. She had four brothers, and three sisters. Margaret passed away as a baby and Lovell passed away at age fourteen. She also lost her brother Bill, his three wives and her sister-in-law, Iona Lake and several nieces.
Mary will be lovingly remembered by her family, daughter, Lorraine (Laurie) Walbaum and family: Derrick (Risa) Walbaum and Blayke and Cooper; Brett (Kyla) Walbaum and Havyn and Cohen; Michelle (Kirk Wenzel) Walbaum and Rustin; Garett (Chantal) Walbaum and Kenley; 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 daughter, Joanne (Harvey) Smith and family: Duane (Krista Martin) Smith and Taylor, Rylan, Shayla and Rayah; Angela (Kelly) Glow and Smith; Candace (John) Dunham and Rory; daughter, Simone (Conrad Tuchscherer) Breault; son, Paul (Wanda) Breault and family: Christine (James Barnard) Breault and Kaydence, Jordan Carr and Taylor Kopperud; daughter, Denise (Doug) Corrin and family: Bradley Kohl, Cheyne (Nina Kachewnut) Kohl and Nathan (Ann Stewart) Corrin; son, Carl (Cindy) Breault and family: Scott Hagen, Liam Hagen and Porter Breault; son, Jerry (Elaine Yetz) Breault; son, Larry (Annette) Breault and family: Meagan Breault and Ashley Breault; daughter, Monica (Kim) Oltean and son, Kyle Oltean; brothers and sisters: John Lake, Chuck (Beth) Lake, Alice Klien and Verna (Jim Langley) Burk-Langley.
Our Mother was a 鈥渃ountry girl鈥�, went to a country school, and enjoyed life on the farm. When her brothers went off to war, she stayed home and helped her Mom and Dad with the farm work, as well as housework. She spent winters at her Grandma Kirkby鈥檚 in Benson so she could go to school. In the fifties, Alice and Verna would spend the weekdays at Aunt Sarah Hathaway鈥檚 in Stoughton so they could go to High School. Mom would come in for the weekends to help Aunt Sarah so Alice and Verna could go home. Even though she only managed to get her Grade 8, she was far more educated than you鈥檇 expect. Even though it was hard for her, she kept at her reading of books and magazines. She would always help us as best as she could with all of our homework.
I want to tell you a little about Mom鈥檚 Love, hard work and sacrifice. Her strength of character was incredible as well as her physical strength and she often pushed it to the limit. She was never concerned about the styles changing because she made her own amazon style. She had a quiet but elegant, and graceful style.
She never complained about anything lacking, but tried to fix or make something that would work for whatever she was doing. She always had a back up teakettle in case hers broke down. If she was desp0erate she could always boil water in a pot on the stove to make her tea. She enjoyed the simple pleasures of sitting down with friends or family and having a cup of tea or instant coffee. She never opened her mouth if she couldn鈥檛 think of something good to say. Even if she didn鈥檛 hear you she always smiled or nodded, and pretended she did.
She married Henry Breault on October 19, 1957. Shortly after their family began arriving until she finally had nine children in eleven years. She was always very busy looking after us, helping Dad when he needed help, doing the laundry, sometimes by hand, as well as hauling water and hanging clothes on the clothesline. She always cooked three square meals a day for us. On top of that she always milked 6-8 cows, and separated the cream and sold it. With her little cream cheques she tried to buy us treats and anything else we needed.
When we were younger we never once went out to eat, but our treats were whatever great foods our mother made, including homemade ice cream. She was the best cook we could ever ask for. She always made wonderful desserts for every meal. Our children especially remember her homemade donuts and flour (icing sugar) to dip them in and cinnamon cookies. We also liked her shortbread cookies and her awesome flapper pie and tapioca pudding. She loved to bake and that was one skill she taught us how to do even before we were big enough to reach the cupboard. We stirred our cookies on the chair. To this day, most of us still love to bake.听
Sometimes as we grew up I remember her having such headaches that she couldn鈥檛 even eat, but she always provided for the rest of us and if she could fit in a 20 minute nap after lunch, she would. She always made sure that we never went without the necessities even if it meant that she had to stay well past midnight to finish sewing, or mending, or darning socks.
Back when they were still on the farm and aging, sometimes they needed help and none of their children were available. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Wayne Colby and Tom Breault for the many, many times that they left what they were doing and come over to help Mom and Dad, and later Mom, with things such as cattle, clearing the snow out of the yard and lane and etcetera.
Our mother was the best person we could ever ask for as a Mom. She gave us all the love and learning anyone could ever ask for. She was always hard working, kind, patient beyond belief, independent, caring and nice. As one of her friend said, 鈥淭he Angels will love her and the Lord will bless her. She was a marvelous lady, such a model of strength and positive energy.鈥�
She always smiled no matter what. If she didn鈥檛 feel well, she certainly didn鈥檛 tell anyone else. She just took another half Advil or a Tylenol and moved on. After she moved to town, she always tried to go for coffee, unless she was opt feeling well. She always was very independent and enjoyed her freedom to do what she wanted when she wanted. She would start making pies one day and when she got too tired, she would just leave it and finish it the next day. If she went for coffee, she might end up staying for supper, especially if someone came in and needed company. She found something to keep her busy all the time. She would look after mowing the lawn, her flowerbeds, and plant her garden, and weed it most of the time all by herself. She always had her little garden in the flowerbed by the door of the house. Then her bigger back garden. She always had a lot of flowers. Everyday she would go out to the garden for at least a half hour or more and pull weeds, and sometimes just to sit on her pail and enjoy the outdoors.
She was very conserving and saved everything to use for another purpose. She never threw out anything unless it truly had no use for her, or she had used it several times.
She had a great love of life and always tried to make things better for other people.听 No matter where she went she always took something whether it be a pie, a cake, some cookies, or just a plate of fruit to help others. Most evenings if she wasn鈥檛 bust she would find someone to visit, especially Uncle John at the home, and other friends of hers that were in there like Vern Vogel and Laurette Wilkes, or she would go out to Carl鈥檚 for supper and then spend some time playing with Porter. He loved it when she played Lego with him.
She cooked and cleaned her own house, and sewed and made quilts in earlier years. Later she made mats, knitted sweaters, made blankets for the grandbabies, and presents for people for special occasions. No matter when you saw her she always offered you something to eat, or took you to the restaurant for dinner or supper in the later years. She loved to talk on the phone with all of her children and her sister especially. If the other phone calls were anything like mine it was usually an hour to an hour half of news. She always wanted to fill you in on all the events that happened in the community and who she saw when she went out for coffee or supper, as well as the news from the other people she talked to that week. We will forever miss hearing all about our aunts, uncles, cousins and the community from her.
She was the best Mom anyone could ever ask for. We all are so proud to have had Mary as a mother. You will be greatly missed by all of us. Angels will love her鈥� and the Lord will bless her, and all who miss her.
A Funeral Service was held Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:00am from Our Lady of LaSalette Roman Catholic Church, Forget Sk. with Father Yodel Cereno officiating. Interment was held at Our Lady of LaSalette Cemetery. A luncheon reception was held at the Royal Canadian Legion in Stoughton Sk.
Pallbearers were Derrick Walbaum, Duane Smith, Christine Breault, Bradley Kohl, Scott Hagen, Meagan Breault, and Kyle Oltean.
Donations in memory of Mary may be made to the Royal Canadian Legion, Box 548, Stoughton, S0G 4T0, the Stoughton Drop-In Centre, Box 99, S0G 4T0, or a charity of donor鈥檚 choice.
Condolences may be left at: www.fletcherfuneralchapel.com. Arrangements entrusted to Fletcher Funeral Chapel Weyburn 306-842-5432.
