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Sybil Derosier, 73

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Red Lake Falls - Sybil Derosier, 73, died on Monday, June 16, 2003 at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, N.D.

Mass of Chrisitan Burial was held on Monday, June 23 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Red Lake Falls with the Rev. Tim Bushy and the Rev. Jerry Noesen officiating. Casketbearers were Joseph Kaufman, Brian Kaufman, Craig Kaufman, Rusty Remick, Doug Derosier and Mike Costello. Interment was in St. Anthony Cemetery in Terrebonne.

Sybil Joanne St. Ives was born on a farm near Terrebonne on October 19, 1929, the daughter of Eli Pierre and Edna Ruth (Pouliot) St. Ives. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Anthony's Catholic Church and attended Beaugerlot School through the eighth grade, and graduated from Lafayette High School in Red Lake Falls in 1945. Following high school, she attended business school in Fargo, N.D. She worked at Warner's Insurance in Fargo.

On June 16, 1949, Sybil was united in marriage to Maurice Joseph Derosier in Terrebonne. In 1951, the couple moved to a farm near Red Lake Falls. They moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1983 and to the Twin Cities in 1986. In October 1989, they returned to Red Lake Falls. Sybil was a very caring person who loved her husband, children and home. She was a talented seamstress and gardener and loved working with her flowers. She especially enjoyed visiting with famiy and friends. She was a member of the Lake Pleasant Homemakers Club, St. Joseph RCIA Team, St. Joseph's School Board, Catholic Daughters, Cursillo Movement, St. Joseph's Ladies Guild, American Legion Auxiliary, St. John's Hospital Auxiliary, Hillcrest Board and Auxiliary and was a district representative for the Nursing Home.

Survivors include her husband, Maurice of Red Lake Falls; six children, Michael (Linda) of Kettle Falls, Wash., Larry (Jeanette) of Roy, Wash., Susan (Charles) Kaufman of Shoreview, Lucy (Massimo) Mazzoni of Porto San Giorgio, Italy, John (Janet) of White Bear Township and Janet (Michael) Etten of Roseville; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Sybil was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Glen; two sisters, Julie Costello and Charlotte Remick; and two infant brothers.

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