Frances Claire BLONDEAU

BURKE, Frances Claire (nee Blondeau) On Thursday, November 6, 2008 Frances Claire Burke left this world. She was the devoted wife and partner of Jack Burke (deceased 1998), the beloved mother of Laurie Slaughter (Bill) and Catherine de Tuba (Joe) of Burlington, ON; a very loving grandmother of Erin Paradise (Matthew) of Detroit and Sam de Tuba (Amber) of Burlington and the proud great-grandmother of Ella Paradise. She enjoyed being the affectionate, caring step-grandmother of Corinne and Am Sahota and Colette and Luc Ouellet and the fond and loving step-great-grandmother of Ashley, Melissa, Patrick, Joshua and Amber. The oldest girl of eight siblings, she is survived by her much loved sister Joyce Broadhead, her sister-in-law Doris Blondeau and brother-in-law John Lake. Her nieces and nephews were very special to her. She loved and understood all her friends and particularly appreciated the kind and caring friendship of Joan Bradley and cherished her honorary daughter, Elizabeth Quinn (Brady). Visitation for this dignified and gracious lady will be at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home, 1411 Hunt Club Road (corner of Albion Road), on Friday, November 14 from 10-11:30 a.m. followed immediately by a funeral service and reception. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to St Mark the Evangelist Church, 1606 Fisher Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K2C 1X6, or to the Hospice at May Court, 114 Cameron Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1S 0X1. The family would like to thank the staff on the Queenswood Floor at the Glebe Centre for their dedicated care, as well as the staffs in Emergency and on the 5th and 8th floors of the Ottawa Hospital, General Campus, for their compassion and kindness. Published in the Ottawa Citizen from 11/8/2008- 11/13/2008