Marie Antoinette Duhaime

We are heartbroken that our dear Matriarch Antoinette (Toni) Duhaime has passed away due to complications from Covid 19. Born in 1925 she lived most of her 95 years in North Battleford surrounded by a large family. She and her husband Larry (Laurent) hosted many fun-filled gatherings which included singing, dancing, storytelling and an abundance of food. These get-togethers were held at their home or at the Cochin cottage on Jackfish Lake.

She loved the lake and we spent every summer there as children/teenagers. She loved going for walks, watching her perennial families of wrens, orioles and robins build nests and raise their young.

She grew a large garden and coaxed house plants to thrive during the winter months including a magnificent Christmas cactus that was well over a hundred years old and had belonged to her father.

She was a gentle woman, a spiritual woman who we admired for her faith. She made friends wherever she went due to her genuine consideration of and kindness to people. She loved her family and especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. They all have fond memories of time spent with her.

In recent years she lived in care homes nearer to her family in Lloydminster, Regina and Indian Head.

Left to mourn and miss her are her children; Jan ( Maurice) Delage, Gerry (Mona) Duhaime, Diane (Don) Brooks.

She was loved by her grandchildren; Cara, Tracy, Marc/Janel, Aimee, Greg, Lisa, Ben and Emily and adored by her great grandchildren; Connor, Myla, Chris, Craig, Leo, Sophie, Evie, Kaden, Kale, MacKenzey and McKenna and one great great grandchild Daniel. She was cherished by her numerous nieces and nephews.

She was predeceased by all her brothers and sisters and their spouses as well as her husband Larry (Laurent) in 1988 and her grandson Marc Delage in 2019.

"If I had a flower for everytime I thought of you I could walk in my own garden forever."

Quote Alfred Tennyson

Memorial contributions may be made to 'Golden Prairie Activities', Box 250, Indian Head, SK, S0G 2K0 or The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, 1738 Quebec Avenue, Unit 26, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9.