IN LOVING MEMORY OF EDITH MARY DESROSIER, 71, OF 206 6TH, ST, RAINY RIVER, ONTARIO, WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT LAVERENDRYE HOSPITAL ON TUESDAY, AUGUST, 3, 1999. EDITH IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, MAURICE; DAUGHTERS, LAUREL DESROSIER OF RAINY RIVER, ONT., AND EUNICE (MARG) IRVINE AND HUSBAND SID OF EMO, ONT; GRANDCHILDREN SANDRA (ANDY MEZEY), TREVOR KATONA, MISTY (CHRIS DESIMONE), AND BECKY (BOB STEELE); GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, NETTIE, CASSY, ROBYN, DEBBIE, AND ROSS; SISTER OLIVER FRASER AND HUSBAND JOHN OF HOTSPRINGS, ARK; SPECIAL FRIEND EVELYN GODIN; AND NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, RUBEN AND LAURA KEAM. EDITH WAS BORN FEB, 18, 1928 IN LORETTE, MAN. SHE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MAURICE ON NOV 27, 1947. THEY LIVED ON THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL 1985, THEN BUILT A HOME ON THE RIVER AND LIVED THERE UNTIL EDITH'S POOR HEALTH FORCED THEM TO MOVE TO RAINY RIVER IN 1993. MOM ALWAYS LOVED THE FARM AND THE WORK ASSOCIATED WITH IT. SHE ENJOYED HER FLOWERS AND, IN LATER YEARS HAD A FASCINATION WITH BIRD WATCHING. SHE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY, AND HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD A THE OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL CHURCH, RAINY RIVER, ONTARIO ON FRIDAY AUGUST 6, 1999 AT 11 AM WITH FATHER JAMES PANIKULAM CELEBRANT. INTERMENT IN FOREST LAWN CEMETERY, RAINY RIVER.