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ANNETTE ROBSON
With great sadness we announce the passing of Annette, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Annette was the eighth of 11 children (six boys and five girls) born to Frank and Henriette Dooley of Grande Clairiere. She was born at Mrs. Forbes nursing home in Hartney on December 31st, 1940. She and her mother rode home in Vital Bertholet’s Snow Plane, and she grew up with her 10 siblings on the Dooley Farm just east of Grande Clairiere and attended school at Grande Clairiere.
Annette was predeceased by four brothers; John, Joe, Henry and Maurice, and four brothers-in-law; John Charles, Maurice Mahy, Leo Peloquin and Ray Bradshaw, and one sister-in-law, Joan Dooley. Also her parents, Frank and Henriette, and her father and mother-in-law Jack and Beatrice Robson. She is survived by two brothers; Ted and David, and four sisters; Irene, Marie, Cecile and Yvonne and sisters-in-law Coreen Dooley, Dianna Dooley, Georgina Dooley, Darlene Dooley and Leona Bradshaw. Annette is also survived by her husband, Jack, of 63 years and 10 months, their children Michael married to Denise Bauche and their children Johnathon, Heather and Wayne Nakonechny and their children Kenzie and Ava. And our daughter Sharon (Murray Kirkup) and her children, Kimberlee Jones and her daughter Esme, and Chris Bickerton and his children Wyatt and Cheyenne.
Annette and I met on a Saturday night in April 1957 in Hartney, and we went to a movie at Mr. Arnason’s Theatre. We dated until June of 1959 and were married on June 20th at Bethel United Church, followed by a reception and supper at Annette’s cousins' farm, Lucy and Ron Ramsey. We travelled to Clear Lake for our honeymoon, in the 1957 Chevy. We took up residence in a small house in my parent’s farmyard.
Our son, Michael, joined our happy family on January 18th, 1960, and our daughter, Sharon, arrived on August 22nd, 1961. Our children spent many happy hours at Grandma’s house nearby. We farmed alongside my parents until June 1970, when Mom and Dad retired to Souris and Annette and I bought the farm.
When Michael and Denise married in July 1986, they moved into the farmhouse and Annette and I built a new house in Deleau, where we lived happily until Annette was hospitalized on April 14th and passed on April 25th in my arms and supported by the wonderful nurses in the Souris Hospital Palliative Care Unit. Annette and I have both enjoyed travelling over the years, and have travelled coast to coast in Canada and the United States, spending several winters in Arizona. We visited Hawaii three times, spent a month in Alaska, travelled to Churchill, and to Europe. In 2020, just as covid was starting, we took a wonderful Caribbean Cruise on a brand-new ship.
Annette’s funeral service was held from St Paul’s United Church, Souris on May 2nd with Tanis Podobni officiating.
She was laid to rest in the Souris - Glenwood Cemetery on a beautiful, sunny and warm afternoon. Lunch and visitation followed, in the United Church Hall then supper at our house.
Publish Date: May 13, 2023
ANNETTE ROBSON
Annette, 82 years, beloved wife of Jack Robson, mother of Michael and Sharon. Annette passed away in the Souris Health Centre on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.
Funeral service will be held at St. Paul’s United Church, Souris, on Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. Interment will follow in the Souris & Glenwood Cemetery. In memory of Annette, donations may be made to the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation, to STARS or to a charity of your choice.
Publish Date: Apr 27, 2023
As published in Brandon Sun on Apr 27, 2023, May 13, 2023