Florette Marie Therese Marcoux

She was predeceased by her husband Tony, son Paul, sons-in-law: Marcel, Bill, Lou, Ed, Danny, Gary, and a daughter-in-law Nellie, three brothers Donat, Marcel, Lucien, sister Annette as well as numerous brothers-in law and sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews.

She leaves to cherish her memory her children: Paulette Spencer - children Christiane (Ken) Stojak, Monique (Mike) Grysiuk, Mark Spencer, Kevin Spencer, Lori Spencer, Lee Spencer and families; Denise (Ed) Aune - children Michelle (Roland) Hutlet, Ginette (Dwayne) Major, Sean (Melanie) Aune and families; Rosemarie Graham - children Charlene Graham, Marcus Graham; Guy Marcoux - children Philip Marcoux, Rachel (Evan) Charbonneau and family; Suzanne Roziere - children Bob (Billie-Jo) Marcoux and family, Michelle Marcoux; Lucille Dunhill - children Andrea Dunhill, Jennifer Dunhill; Anita Heke - children Jamie Marcoux, Joey Marcoux, Christopher (Jess) Heke, Jeffrey Heke; Frank (Carol) Marcoux - children Danny (Stacey) Marcoux, Angie (Rydell) Lasko and families; Diane Marcoux - children Robert Kuharski, Chantel Kuharski, Shane Pikl, Matthew Pikl, Samantha Pikl and families; Aline Fehr (J.C. Gougeon) - children Amanda Marcoux and family, Jessica Fehr, Kristin Fehr, Jennifer Fehr; Annette (Warren) Barrow - children Mitchell Barrow, Troy Barrow.

Besides her 10 remaining children and their spouses and her 25 grand-children, she also leaves to mourn her 20 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great grandchildren.

Florette Marie Therese Marcoux (nee Gagnon) is the daughter of Joseph Pierre Gagnon and Rosanna (Minnie) Hebert. She was the fifth and youngest child of the family. She was born on September 29, 1925 in Sainte Marthe-Rocanville, Saskatchewan. At the age of 16 her family moved to Richer, Manitoba where she met her future husband. Shortly after moving, she became ill with rheumatic fever and spent 6 months at St. Boniface Hospital. She was later advised, after the birth of her first child, that she should not be having more children. Her heart was much stronger than they thought as she went on to have 10 more.

In 1945, while Tony was serving in the army, they were married at Fort Osborne Chapel in Winnipeg. They lived on the Marcoux homestead, in Richer, where all their children were raised. They were dairy farmers up until the loss of their barn, but they remained on the homestead. In January 1957, 5 days prior to the birth of their 8th child (Frank), their home was lost due to a fire. They resided in a one-bedroom house, with some of the children having to live with relatives, while their home was rebuilt.

In 1969 they moved to St. Boniface. They had a beautiful piece of land on the Seine River which had room for a garden and the hippy-court house. They lived there for 5 years before having their property expropriated by the City of Winnipeg. From there they moved to a new home on Woodydell Ave. in St. Vital. They remained on Woodydell until Tony’s passing in 1986. The house remained in the family when her son Frank moved his family into the home and then Frank’s daughter Angie kept the house in the family for many more years. Many of us will remember the many holidays and Christmas’ spent in this house. The divided basement, one side for the adults, one side for the children, and of course the hole covered by the poster…compliments of Paul. The moveable fence board for easy entrance to the park, her driveway lined with marigolds as well as the gladioli in amongst the tomato plants along the back of the house will never be forgotten. Summers spent camping with her children and grandchildren have supplied many campfire stories. At Delta, you could always find mother in the water with the kids floating on her air mattress until the wind blew it away.

In her retirement years, she lived at Appleton Estates (twice) where she was an active social committee member. She enjoyed time with her family, shopping excursions, an occasional trip to the casino to test out her luck, golfing, travelling, and especially fishing trips with her brother Lou and his wife Gabby. She continued to enjoy boating especially at Frank and Carol’s cottage. Many hours have been spent at a card table with many different partners over the years. Playing cards and puzzling were something that remained a pastime until the end. Between her two residencies at Appleton, she lived with her daughter Paulette, next door to Anita, and was able to enjoy many years surrounded by family.

She spent her final years, during the pandemic, at Foyer Valade. She lived through some monumental changes in her lifetime, automobiles, indoor plumbing, telephones, tv, computers, cell phones, and now she added a global pandemic to the list. If you wanted to make her smile….bring her flowers!

Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving for Florette's Life will be held at 2:00 PM on Tuesday April 26, 2022 at Green Acres Funeral Home. Those who prefer to join virtually may do so by clicking the 'Join Livestream' link in the Services tab below.