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VIOLET MAY MCELREAVY

SHERBROOKE, 18 April 2014

Passed away at the CHUS – Hotel Dieu Hospital, Sherbrooke, QC on Friday, April 18, 2014. Violet May McElreavy, in her 92nd year, wife of the late Norman Gibson and the late Roy McNab and the daughter of the late William McElreavy and the late Catherine McGuire, living in Sherbrooke (Lennoxville), QC.

Mrs. McElreavy was the cherished mother of Roland Gibson (Viola), the late Leonard Gibson, William Gibson (Kathy) and stepmother to Arnold, George and Gerald McNab. Grandmother of Charlene (Pat), Gregory (Kristen), Tanya, Trevor, Kerri (Anthony) and 7 great-grandchildren: Tyler, Jessie, Becky, Cohen, Lincoln, Sawyer, and Marlee. She leaves to mourn her brothers: James (the late Germaine Roy), Leonard, Thomas (Patricia Dubé), and sisters: Gertrude (the late Alfred Henderson), Marion and Patricia (Gerard Breton). Pre-deceased by her sisters: the late Annie (the late Felicien Fortin), the late Rose (Roland Brault), the late Olive, the late Helen (Nicholas Odynski) and the late Stella. She will be missed by many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Visitation will be held at the Steve L. Elkas Funeral Home, 601 Conseil Street, Sherbrooke, QC, J1G 1K4, on Friday, April 25, 2014 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., and on Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Funeral service will be on Saturday April 26, 2014 at the Steve Elkas Funeral Home at 2:00 p.m. followed by burial in Johnville, QC.

Many thanks to the staff of The Manoir St-Francis Lennoxville and the staff of the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Sherbrooke for the kind and professional care given to Mrs. McElreavy.

As a memorial tribute donations to the Quebec Cancer Society, 3001, 12th Ave. North, Sherbrooke, QC, J1H 5N4 would be appreciated.
STEVE L.

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