Lucille
Demarais, 85
Red
Lake Falls - Lucille B. Demarais, 85, died
Monday, June 4, 2001 at Hillcrest Nursing Home in
Red Lake Falls.
Mass
of Christian burial was 
held
on Monday, June 11, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph's
Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls with Father Tim
Bushy officiating. Special music was provided by
St. Joseph's Church Choir. Lucille's granddaughters
served as casketbearers. Interment was in St.
Peter's Catholic Cemetery in Gentilly with Johnson
Funeral Service of Red Lake Falls in charge of the
arrangements.
Lucille
Beatrice Vaudrin was born on October 8, 1915 in
near Gentilly in Polk county, the daughter of
Albert and Mary (Derosier) Vaudrin. She grew up
near Gentilly where she attended a rural school.
Lucille was baptized in Gentilly.
On
November 4, 1937, she was united in marriage to
William Demarais at St. Peter's Catholic Church in
Gentilly. The couple lived and farmed in Gentilly
township until 1980 when they retired and moved
into Red Lake Falls. Bill died on September 29,
1999. Lucille had been a resident of Hillcrest
Nursing Home since March 10, 1998.
She
was an active member of St. Joseph's Catholic
Church in Red Lake Falls. Lucille was a member of
St. Anne's Society, Senior Citizens and Catholic
Daughters.
She
enjoyed watching her grandchildren play baseball
and hockey and had been dubbed the "Hockey
Grandma." Lucille also enjoyed needlework,
quilting, gardening and birdwatching and was known
for the bread and chocolate chip cookies she
baked.
Survivors
include seven daughters, Dee Greskowiak of St.
Paul, Luella (Duane) Greskowiak of Anoka, Janet
(Hank) Knott of Monticello, Theresa (Rick) Ricketts
of Red Lake Falls, Audrey (Denny) Roy of Dilworth,
Celeste (Tom) Morris of Crookston and Jeaneanne
Demarais of Missoula, Mont.; three sons, Roman
(Pauline) Demarais of Bloomington, James
(Christine) Demarais of Red Lake Falls and Vern
(Marlys) Demarais of Crookston; a son-in-law, Tim
Audette of Wyoming, Minn.; 34 grandchildren; 15
great-grandchildren; three sisters, Florence Maygra
of Yakima, Wash., Irene Skelly of Tacoma, Wash. and
Jeanette (Russell) Glass of Crookston; and two
brothers, Delbert (Verna) Vaudrin and Clarence
"Frenchie" (Marlys) Vaudrin, both of
Crookston.
Lucille
was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and
two daughters, Margaret Audette and Cynthia
Demarais. A00003B2001JN13
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