Louise Mary (Vermeylen) Mailhot

In Loving Memory of

Louise Marie Mailhot

1925 - 2015

Louise Marie Mailhot was the beloved wife of Hervé Joseph Mailhot of Roblin, Manitoba, a loving mother to Noella Mailhot (Ian Johnson) of Montreal, Quebec, and Madelaine Mailhot of Calgary, Alberta, a beloved grandmother to Sarah Louise Johnson of Montreal, Quebec and well as an aunt to numerous nieces, nephews, and extended family.

Louise was predeceased in death by her parents, Desiré and Justine (nee Ferey) Vermeylen; her brothers, Adelain, Albert, Gaston, George, Emile, and Louie Vermeylen; her sisters, Germaine, Bertha, and Amelia Vermeylen.  She was the last survivor of her nine siblings in the Vermeylen family.

Louise’s parents immigrated to Canada from Belgium.  She was born in Redvers, Saskatchewan on November 29, 1925.

When Louise was about seven years old, her parents moved to Boggy Creek, Manitoba, where she attended Grand Prairie School. As a teenager, she liked to ride a Shetland pony to chase the cattle and to get the mail.  She also loved going to dances.  When she was about twenty-five years old, she met a handsome fellow named Hervé Mailhot, and they were married within two years. 

Hervé was a farmer, and their first homestead was located in Silverwood, Manitoba. From the onset of living on the farm, Louise would always light a candle at the first sound of a thunderstorm, and she would pray that the crops would be protected from the hail stones.  Mother nature was no match for Louise’s faith and prayers; no crops were ever destroyed by hail during the thirty years that they farmed.

Throughout her life, Louise’s passion was to tend to her garden, and cutworms and potato bugs did not stand a chance against her.

Louise was a fighter.  In her lifetime, she underwent nine surgeries, three of them being related to Cancer.  She always did things on her own terms, and she refused chemotherapy and radiation on all three Cancer surgeries.  She said that Cancer was never going to beat her, and she was right.

Louise passed away peacefully at the age of eighty-nine on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 5:20 a.m. at the Dauphin Regional Health Centre.

Louise, we will always remember that in John 14:2, Jesus told us; “In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.”  We know that you are in the room that God has prepared for you, and you are waiting for us to come and join you one day.  Until then, rest in peace, and we will see you again.

-       Hervé, Madelaine, Noella, Ian, and Sarah.  

A Prayer Vigil Service was held Monday, January 5, 2015 at 7:00 PM from the Chapel of Nairn-Chyz Funeral Home in Roblin.

Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 11:00 AM from Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Roblin, with Rev. Fr. James Ahaneku officiating. Sarah Louise Johnson read the Scripture Lessons and Ian Johnson delivered the Eulogy. Connie Henry sang the hymns; “Precious Lord Take My Hand”, “Just As I Am”, “ How Great Thou Art”, “Here I Am Lord”, and “The Lord Is My Shepherd”. Casket Bearers were Gideon Carriere, Hubert Carriere, Ian Johnson, Maurice Laviolette, Bob Tyschinski and Michael Mailhot.

Following the Interment Service at Roblin Catholic Cemetery, a Memorial Luncheon was prepared and served by Sacred Heart CWL in the lower hall of Sacred Heart Church.

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