Marguerite Dondo
March 28, 1906 - January 31, 1983
After a brief illness, on Monday, January 31, 1983, at the St Boniface Hospital, Marguerite Dondo, aged 76 years, of 185 Smith St.
Marguerite was the first child born of pioneer parents, who immigrated from France and settled in the St. Claude area in 1905. After marrying Joseph In 1928, they resided in Fisher Branch and in 1941 moved to Winnipeg. She was an active member of the Age and Opportunity Centre, 185 Smith St.; sang in the Senior Citizens Choir; Ladies Auxiliary of Imperial Veterans Branch.
Mrs Dondo leaves to cherish her memory five daughters and four sons and their families, twenty-two grand-children, six great-grandchildren, three sisters and their families, two brothers and their familes, numerous nieces, nephews, relative, and dear friends.
She was predeceased by her husband Joseph, parents, and two brothers, Rene and Andre Rebiffe and sister Marie.
Prayers will be said 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 2 at Korban Funeral Chapel, 907 Main St. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 3 at St. Mary's Cathedral, 353 St. Mary Ave., with Msgr. R. Larrabee officiating. Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Mental Health Association (Manitoba Division), 330 Edmonton St.
Korban Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements.
-- As published (with adjustments and light edits) in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, February 1, 1983, on Page 34
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" tells us that she was admitted as a member of the "Confrerie des Dames-de-Sainte-Anne" in 1925:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/171/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Excerpts from the volume "A Place of Our Own - A History of No Ordinary People" which relate the story of the Joseph and Marguerite Dondo family during their time in Fisher Branch, MB:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2247629#page/145/mode/1up/search/dondo
Further:
Her birth record was most likely lost in the fire and water damage that occurred some years later in the St Claude parish office
Following their elopement!; MB Marriage Registration #1928,053050 as "Joseph Dondo" and "Marguerite Rebiffe", on November 14, in St Boniface
March 28, 1906 - January 31, 1983
After a brief illness, on Monday, January 31, 1983, at the St Boniface Hospital, Marguerite Dondo, aged 76 years, of 185 Smith St.
Marguerite was the first child born of pioneer parents, who immigrated from France and settled in the St. Claude area in 1905. After marrying Joseph In 1928, they resided in Fisher Branch and in 1941 moved to Winnipeg. She was an active member of the Age and Opportunity Centre, 185 Smith St.; sang in the Senior Citizens Choir; Ladies Auxiliary of Imperial Veterans Branch.
Mrs Dondo leaves to cherish her memory five daughters and four sons and their families, twenty-two grand-children, six great-grandchildren, three sisters and their families, two brothers and their familes, numerous nieces, nephews, relative, and dear friends.
She was predeceased by her husband Joseph, parents, and two brothers, Rene and Andre Rebiffe and sister Marie.
Prayers will be said 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 2 at Korban Funeral Chapel, 907 Main St. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 3 at St. Mary's Cathedral, 353 St. Mary Ave., with Msgr. R. Larrabee officiating. Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Mental Health Association (Manitoba Division), 330 Edmonton St.
Korban Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements.
-- As published (with adjustments and light edits) in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, February 1, 1983, on Page 34
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" tells us that she was admitted as a member of the "Confrerie des Dames-de-Sainte-Anne" in 1925:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/171/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Excerpts from the volume "A Place of Our Own - A History of No Ordinary People" which relate the story of the Joseph and Marguerite Dondo family during their time in Fisher Branch, MB:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2247629#page/145/mode/1up/search/dondo
Further:
Her birth record was most likely lost in the fire and water damage that occurred some years later in the St Claude parish office
Following their elopement!; MB Marriage Registration #1928,053050 as "Joseph Dondo" and "Marguerite Rebiffe", on November 14, in St Boniface
Marguerite Dondo
March 28, 1906 - January 31, 1983
After a brief illness, on Monday, January 31, 1983, at the St Boniface Hospital, Marguerite Dondo, aged 76 years, of 185 Smith St.
Marguerite was the first child born of pioneer parents, who immigrated from France and settled in the St. Claude area in 1905. After marrying Joseph In 1928, they resided in Fisher Branch and in 1941 moved to Winnipeg. She was an active member of the Age and Opportunity Centre, 185 Smith St.; sang in the Senior Citizens Choir; Ladies Auxiliary of Imperial Veterans Branch.
Mrs Dondo leaves to cherish her memory five daughters and four sons and their families, twenty-two grand-children, six great-grandchildren, three sisters and their families, two brothers and their familes, numerous nieces, nephews, relative, and dear friends.
She was predeceased by her husband Joseph, parents, and two brothers, Rene and Andre Rebiffe and sister Marie.
Prayers will be said 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 2 at Korban Funeral Chapel, 907 Main St. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 3 at St. Mary's Cathedral, 353 St. Mary Ave., with Msgr. R. Larrabee officiating. Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Mental Health Association (Manitoba Division), 330 Edmonton St.
Korban Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements.
-- As published (with adjustments and light edits) in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, February 1, 1983, on Page 34
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" tells us that she was admitted as a member of the "Confrerie des Dames-de-Sainte-Anne" in 1925:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/171/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Excerpts from the volume "A Place of Our Own - A History of No Ordinary People" which relate the story of the Joseph and Marguerite Dondo family during their time in Fisher Branch, MB:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2247629#page/145/mode/1up/search/dondo
Further:
Her birth record was most likely lost in the fire and water damage that occurred some years later in the St Claude parish office
Following their elopement!; MB Marriage Registration #1928,053050 as "Joseph Dondo" and "Marguerite Rebiffe", on November 14, in St Boniface
March 28, 1906 - January 31, 1983
After a brief illness, on Monday, January 31, 1983, at the St Boniface Hospital, Marguerite Dondo, aged 76 years, of 185 Smith St.
Marguerite was the first child born of pioneer parents, who immigrated from France and settled in the St. Claude area in 1905. After marrying Joseph In 1928, they resided in Fisher Branch and in 1941 moved to Winnipeg. She was an active member of the Age and Opportunity Centre, 185 Smith St.; sang in the Senior Citizens Choir; Ladies Auxiliary of Imperial Veterans Branch.
Mrs Dondo leaves to cherish her memory five daughters and four sons and their families, twenty-two grand-children, six great-grandchildren, three sisters and their families, two brothers and their familes, numerous nieces, nephews, relative, and dear friends.
She was predeceased by her husband Joseph, parents, and two brothers, Rene and Andre Rebiffe and sister Marie.
Prayers will be said 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 2 at Korban Funeral Chapel, 907 Main St. Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, February 3 at St. Mary's Cathedral, 353 St. Mary Ave., with Msgr. R. Larrabee officiating. Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Mental Health Association (Manitoba Division), 330 Edmonton St.
Korban Funeral Chapel in care of arrangements.
-- As published (with adjustments and light edits) in the Winnipeg Free Press, Tuesday, February 1, 1983, on Page 34
This excerpt from the volume "Anecdotes, Saint-Claude, Manitoba, 1892-1992" tells us that she was admitted as a member of the "Confrerie des Dames-de-Sainte-Anne" in 1925:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A3065193#page/171/mode/1up/search/rebiffe
Excerpts from the volume "A Place of Our Own - A History of No Ordinary People" which relate the story of the Joseph and Marguerite Dondo family during their time in Fisher Branch, MB:
https://digitalcollections.lib.umanitoba.ca/islandora/object/uofm%3A2247629#page/145/mode/1up/search/dondo
Further:
Her birth record was most likely lost in the fire and water damage that occurred some years later in the St Claude parish office
Following their elopement!; MB Marriage Registration #1928,053050 as "Joseph Dondo" and "Marguerite Rebiffe", on November 14, in St Boniface
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Gaston Louis Phillip Rebiffe
1908–1989
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Fernand "René" Marie Rebiffe
1910–1980
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Andre Fernand M "Andy" Rebiffe
1911–1979
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Marie Francoise "Mary" Rebiffe Kasher Karbowski Jensen
1913–1980
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Helene Marie Antoinette Rebiffe Goulet
1915–2004
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Therese Marie "Rose" Rebiffe Nadeau
1916 – unknown
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Germaine Marie Yvonne Rebiffe Larose
1919–1995
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Paul Joseph Louis Rebiffe
1921–2003
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