Georgianna
Benoit, 95
 Red
Lake Falls - Georgianna Benoit, 95, died
Saturday, May 19, 2001 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in
Red Lake Falls.
Mass
of Christian burial was held
on
Tuesday, May 22, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph's
Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls with Father Tim
Bushy officiating. Polly Beyer was the organist,
and special music was provided by St. Joseph's
Church Choir. Mary Ann Benoit was the reader.
Casketbearers were Danny Benoit, Kevin Benoit,
Bobby Schmitz, Pete Stich, Steve Philion and Ron
Juneau. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery in
Crookston with Johnson Funeral Service of Red Lake
Falls in charge of the arrangements.
Georgianna
Lefaivre was born July 6, 1905 at Terrebonne, the
daughter of Octave and Emma (Bisson) Lefaivre. She
was raised in Gervais township of Red Lake county
and attended rural school.
On
July 6, 1932, she was united in marriage to Maurice
Benoit at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Red Lake
Falls. The couple purchased land in Louiseville
township where they built and home and barn and
actively farmed until 1980. After Maurice died on
September 28, 1988, Georgianna continued to live on
the farm until November, 2000 when she moved to the
Sunview Center in Red Lake Falls. Since February,
2001, she had been a resident of Hillcrest Nursing
Home in Red Lake Falls.
Georgianna
was a member of St. Dorothy's Catholic Church and
its Guild and AFRAN.
She
enjoyed quilting, gardening and raising African
violets.
Georgianna
is survived by two sons, Clement (Mary Ann) Benoit
and Virgil (Sherry O'Donnell) Benoit, both of Red
Lake Falls; nine grandchildren; nine
great-grandchildren; two great great-grandchildren;
a son-in-law, Jim Thompson of Kenosha, Wisc.; and
several nieces and nephews.
She
was preceded in death by her husband; a daughter,
Elizabeth Thompson; an infant son, Donald Benoit; a
grandson; Edward Benoit; her parents; two sisters,
Lucy Lefaivre and Sr. Leaha Lefaivre; and three
brothers, Paul Lefaivre, Louis Lefaivre and George
Lefaivre. A00003B2000MY23
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