Obituary for Beatrice Woodward - Kingsville Celebration Centre
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother and grandmother, Beatrice,
on June 3, 2023, at her home at the age of 90 years. Loving and devoted wife of the late Albert
Woodward. Dear mother of Nora Walton (David), Grant Woodward and Allyson Woodward
Thériault (Pierre). Loving grandma of Jeffrey Walton (Eugene DiRocco), Julia Woodward
(Cameron Deans), Amanda Woodward, Jared Thériault and Colin Thériault. Beatrice is survived
by siblings Henrietta DeCuypere, Yolande Tremblay, Alain Blanchard and sister-in-law Evelyn
Fountain along with a large extended family and many friends. Predeceased by parents Noé and
Marie Louise Blanchard, siblings Cécile Blanchard, Pauline Lefebvre, Denise LeBlanc and
Gaston Blanchard and her granddaughter Gillian Walton.
Beatrice was born in Coderre, Saskatchewan into a French-speaking family and community. Her
father and one of his brothers had moved from the Montérégie region of Quebec to establish
farms and prosperous lives for themselves. She grew up on the open prairie and in the Catholic
church where she absorbed and nurtured a strong faith that would carry her throughout her life
and confidently into her final days.
She met the love of her life, Albert, while living and working in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In
1965, a new job and a transfer brought the couple with kids in tow to Chrysler and Windsor. She
was a quiet, classy lady with a wonderful sense of style and fashion. Her life was filled with
friends, family trips back to Saskatchewan, curling at the Windsor Curling Club, playing bridge,
and travel. Her children remember her as the heart of the family home, a warm welcoming place
of holiday celebrations, goodnight kisses and fresh baked pies. Her devotion to her family was
complete for over 60 years, and her intense pride in each of her children and grandchildren was
always evident and clearly expressed. She will be greatly missed but the many memories of
laughter and love will survive and be cherished by her family and friends.
Cremation has taken place. On Wednesday August 9, 2023 family and friends are invited to
meet at Good Shepherd Parish, 462 Advance Blvd, Tecumseh, after 9:30 am until time of
funeral mass at 10:30 am. Interment to follow at Heavenly Rest Cemetery.
If you wish, memorial donations would be appreciated to Good Shepherd Parish, 462 Advance
Blvd., Tecumseh ON N8N 5G8 or The Kidney Foundation of Canada - Ontario Branch, 1599
Hurontario Street, Suite 201, Mississauga, ON L5G 4S1.
on June 3, 2023, at her home at the age of 90 years. Loving and devoted wife of the late Albert
Woodward. Dear mother of Nora Walton (David), Grant Woodward and Allyson Woodward
Thériault (Pierre). Loving grandma of Jeffrey Walton (Eugene DiRocco), Julia Woodward
(Cameron Deans), Amanda Woodward, Jared Thériault and Colin Thériault. Beatrice is survived
by siblings Henrietta DeCuypere, Yolande Tremblay, Alain Blanchard and sister-in-law Evelyn
Fountain along with a large extended family and many friends. Predeceased by parents Noé and
Marie Louise Blanchard, siblings Cécile Blanchard, Pauline Lefebvre, Denise LeBlanc and
Gaston Blanchard and her granddaughter Gillian Walton.
Beatrice was born in Coderre, Saskatchewan into a French-speaking family and community. Her
father and one of his brothers had moved from the Montérégie region of Quebec to establish
farms and prosperous lives for themselves. She grew up on the open prairie and in the Catholic
church where she absorbed and nurtured a strong faith that would carry her throughout her life
and confidently into her final days.
She met the love of her life, Albert, while living and working in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In
1965, a new job and a transfer brought the couple with kids in tow to Chrysler and Windsor. She
was a quiet, classy lady with a wonderful sense of style and fashion. Her life was filled with
friends, family trips back to Saskatchewan, curling at the Windsor Curling Club, playing bridge,
and travel. Her children remember her as the heart of the family home, a warm welcoming place
of holiday celebrations, goodnight kisses and fresh baked pies. Her devotion to her family was
complete for over 60 years, and her intense pride in each of her children and grandchildren was
always evident and clearly expressed. She will be greatly missed but the many memories of
laughter and love will survive and be cherished by her family and friends.
Cremation has taken place. On Wednesday August 9, 2023 family and friends are invited to
meet at Good Shepherd Parish, 462 Advance Blvd, Tecumseh, after 9:30 am until time of
funeral mass at 10:30 am. Interment to follow at Heavenly Rest Cemetery.
If you wish, memorial donations would be appreciated to Good Shepherd Parish, 462 Advance
Blvd., Tecumseh ON N8N 5G8 or The Kidney Foundation of Canada - Ontario Branch, 1599
Hurontario Street, Suite 201, Mississauga, ON L5G 4S1.