Ba - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, April 19, 1995

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A FEW WEEKS AGO I had the
opportunity to spend an afternoon
and have tea with Mrs. Rosanne
Rioux. What a great honour to
mect such a remarkable and beau-
tiful lady,

During the afternoon, as We sat
and chatted, she told me stories
about her life. She remembered
tiames and dates like they hap-
peed yesterday,

Tf only we could all be blessed
with such a Jong, full life and to
be sa healthy at the age of 98,

And now we will go back a bit
and I will tell you a bit about the
history of this lovely lady,

Mrs. Rosanne Rioux, nee
Chamberland, was bom on April
6, 1897 in Drummond, New
Brunswick. a,

Her parents. were . Elzeard
Chamberland and | Emma
Santerre. Her mother came from
Rimouski, Quebec and her father
from St. Modeste, Quebec.

Rosanne had four brothers —

Joe, Peter, Narcisse and Willie —

and three sisters —- Annie, Mary
aud Elmire, Each. of her. sisters
died at an early age. Rosanne is
the only child still living.

Rosanne’s - father, — Elzeard
Chamberland, worked in ‘a
shingle mill and owned a farm at
Drummond. The family lived out
on the farm until they moved into
the Village of Drummond, where
her father bought a store.

As a young girl Rosanne was
very sickly. She never went. to
school until she was eight years

old, but she léamed a lot from the

other children. When she finally
went to schaol, she only stayed
until she was 11 year old. But by
then she was already in grade
eight.

Rosanne then began working in
her father’s store and helped her
mother with the housework. And
on June 13, 1916, Rosanne
married Edmond Lagace.

Rosanne and Edmond were
married at the St. Michael church
in Drummond. The couple met
when Edmond used to shop at her

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father’s store, Alter they were
married they went to live on the
farm Edmond owned. And it was
here that there 13 children were
born.

They had seven daughters —
Laura, Simone, Antoinette, Gil-
berte, Germaine, Ursula and
Anne-Marie, and six boys —
Wilfred, Ovide, Edgar, Gerard,
Raoul and Guildor.

All the children were born at
home on the farm with the help of
a midwife,

Sadly, on November 5, 1938,
Edmond passed away of cancer,
Rosanne was left a widow with
11. children still at home to raise
on her own on the farm.

The children all helped. They

‘grew a large garden and kept
“some farm animals,

Rosanne. used to do lots of
sewing; she made all the chil-
dren’s clothing from second hand
clothes. She also did a lot of
sewing for other people, to make
extra money for the family.

In 1950 Rosanne left the farm
and moved to a smaller place.
Her sons Ovide and Wilfred took
over the farm.

Then in 1952 Rosanne went out
and got a job in a sanatorium at
St. Basils, New Brunswick.

In 1960 Rosanne left the east
coast and came west to Terrace.
Her two sons Ovide and Wilfred
had already settled here.

er 98 years well

MRS. ROSANNE RIOUX was in Terrace recently to visit friends
and family, and to celebrate her 98th birthday.

But Rosanne missed the cast
and in 1973 took a holiday and
went back to New Brunswick.
While she was there she met an
old family friend, Mr. Edmond
Rioux.

They married on July 10, 1973
and Jater decided to move back to
Terrace,

In 1976 Edmond and Rosanne
moved into the Willows Apart-
ments. Then sadly, Edmond
passed away on October 30,
1984.

Then in 1989 Rosanne decided
she wauld like io go live in
Quebec. She stayed there for four
years, until in 1993 she became
lonesome for her family and de-
cided to move to Quesnel to live
with her son Wilfred and his wife
Syd.

But for the last month or so,
Rosanne has been in Terrace,
spending time visiting friends and
family, She just recently returned
back to Quesnel.

But she was here to celebrate
her 98th birthday on April 6.

What a remarkable lady she is.
If only we all could be blessed
like her to have lived such a long
life, not an easy one, but still at

p.m. at McDonalds,

98 years of age, she is enjoying
life.

She walks well without help or
a cane. She eats well and her
memory is very bright. She is just
a beautiful lady.

And we ask for her to be
blessed further, so she can
celebrate her 100th birthday with
her friends and family.

Rosanne still has many children
living as well as 43 grand-
children, 67 great-grandchildren
and 20 great-great-grandchildren.

Before I go I want to wish
Rosanne a belated Happy 98th
Birthday from everyone in Ter-
race and God bless you.

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Also this week I would like to
send out special thanks to Brian
Archibald for the lovely Tim
Horton Bus.

On April 1 I had the op-
portunity to go to Prince Rupert
along with 27 seniors and a group
from Stepping Stones Club House
for a lovely day outing.

Also, a litdle reminder to every-
one to come out to the 10th an-
nual Garbathon this Sunday at 1

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