Rachel Marie Thérèse Lemay

With profound sadness and broken hearts, the family of Rachel Lemay age 45, announces her death Monday, February 11th, 2024, in Coquitlam, BC. Born on March 7th, 1978, in Yorkton, SK and lovingly adopted into our family March 12th, 1978, Rachel leaves to mourn her parents, Roger & Rita Lemay, siblings; Renita (Marc) and Kayli Delisle; Shawn, Traegan and Braelyn Lemay, Natasha (John), Finnegan & Ava Rogers. Uncles and aunts: Mariette (Leland) Owen; Alice (Bernie) Kot; Alfred (Paulette) Beaudoin; Bernadette Beaudoin; Lise O’Rourke; Yvon (Corrine) Beaudoin. Cousins: Laurice (Dave) Sidloski, Kim (Troy) Souster; Dean (Trina) Beaudoin, Terrik (Jenny) Beaudoin; Ryan, Preston and Caelan O’Rourke; Tianna and Shane Beaudoin. Her birth mom Sue Franks.

She is predeceased by her grandparents Albert and Thérèse (Monette) Lemay; Lucien and Alice (Hamel) Beaudoin and Uncle Lawrence DeLaet.

Rachel was a sweetheart, funny, kind, generous, artistic, witty, intelligent, a voracious reader; loved animals and loved cooking. The family moved from Gravelbourg to Saskatoon in 1986, where she attended École Canadienne Française, grade 3-8, Holy Cross High School, briefly attended Bishop Murray and graduated from Walter Murray, in 1997. In 1999, she moved to Vancouver, BC to take a course in Special Effect Make-up with a dream of making it to Hollywood. Soon thereafter, she started and remained working in construction learning how to build condos from the ground up. She drove a bobcat, ZoomBoom and was enthusiastic about learning any and all other aspects of the job. Eventually she achieved acquiring several different work tickets and became a Safety Officer at several big construction companies. She was a hard worker and loved her job. She was always happiest working and seeing her contribution in building future homes for individuals and families.

After being away from Saskatoon for 12 years, Rachel came home for our family Christmas, 2023. We had the privilege of spending 6 weeks together, before she returned to BC. She touched each one of our hearts in a special way.

The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church located at 1235 - 12th Street, Saskatoon, SK. For those unable to attend please visit www.faithproductions.ca/livestream to view the service. This is a celebration of Rachel's life. We would encourage you to wear colors of joy and celebration. A private family inurnment will take place in Ponteix, SK, in July 2024, beside Albert (Pepère) and Thérèse (Memère) Lemay.

In lieu of flowers donations in Rachel's memory may be made to the Saskatoon Food Bank (202 Avenue C South, Saskatoon S7M 1N2).

Arrangements entrusted to Travis Minor.