Marie-Ange Rebecca (Roberge) Carrere (1915 - 2009)

Born 1915 in Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 30 Jul 2009 at about age 94 in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Marie-Ange was born about 1915.

She was the daughter of Ovila Roberge and Donalda Beaudry.

MARRIAGE - PIERRE CARRERE, October 28, 1940

Death of spouse, Pierre Carrere 1996

She passed away in 2009, age 94

OBITUARY -

CARRÈRE, Marie-Ange, Rebecca (née Roberge) - The family announces with sorrow her death, July 29, 2009 at St. Joseph Villa, Sudbury, at the age of 94 1/2 years. Daughter of the late Ovila Roberge and of the late Donalda (Beaudry) Roberge. She was the beloved wife of the late Pierre Carrère (1996) of Sudbury with whom she shared 56 memorable years and the loving mother of Lucette (Carrère) Schneider (Peter) of Sudbury and of Jean Carrère (Micheline) of Montreal. Sadly missed and lovingly remembered by three grandchildren, Ronald MacNeil (Melanie Checkeris), Brian MacNeil (Lucie Dubé) and Marc Carrère (wife Karen Orenbach) and her two loving great-granddaughters, Marie-Pier and Audrée Dubé-MacNeil. Predeceased by all her siblings, Doloris St. Jean, Alphonse, Gracia Lecompte, Wilfrid, Irène, Rémi, Armand, Alice Witherspoon, Conrad and Gilberte and their spouses. Her only sister-in-law, Annette Roberge, all her nephews and nieces will also miss her. Marie-Ange was an elementary country schoolteacher from 1934 to 1940. She married Pierre Carrère of Cochrane, ON on October 28th, 1940. They lived in Malarctic, Montreal, North Bay, Sturgeon Falls, and Sudbury. She was a long-time member of Les Dames de Ste-Anne in North Bay. Pierre, being an electrical contractor for 36 years, Marie-Ange was his telephone receptionist, secretary and bookkeeper. She often kept boarders, enjoyed reading true stories, cooking, crocheting, knitting, gardening and their cottage on Talon Lake, and traveled to the four corners of North America. A perfectionist to a fault, she took great care in ensuring everything was done with class. Thanks to a phenomenal memory, she wrote and maintained, among others, the Genealogy of the Roberge family, which is now kept in the Center du Folkore Franco-Ontarien library. A devout catholic, she prayed constantly for her family and friends. The family will receive relatives and friends at the CO-OPERATIVE FUNERAL HOME, 222 LaSalle Boulevard E. (at Notre-Dame), Sudbury, Friday, July 31st from 2-5 and 7-9:30 pm Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated, Saturday, August 1st, 2009 at 11:00 am at L'Annonciation Church, 1168 Northway, Sudbury. Donations (by check only) to the St. Joseph Villa or to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated

Sources

• *OBITUARY - https://www.sudbury.com/obituaries/carrere-marie-ange-2296549

• HEADSTONE AND BURIAL INFORMATION - CARRERE, Marie-Ange Rebecca Roberge Carrere, age 96, 1915-2009, Sturgeon Falls Roman Catholic Cemetery, Sturgeon Falls, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230561948/marie-a-carrere