Obituary of Gerene Poirier

Passed away peacefully with her family by her side at London University Hospital on Friday March 25, 2011, age 78 years. Dear mother of Ray Jr. and his wife Heather, Paul and his wife Susan and Anita Kipper and her husband Mark. Loving Nana of Paul P.J. and his wife Kathy, Michael and his fiancée Laura, Robert and his fiancée Megan, Michelle, Sarah and her friend Cole, Jamie, Matthew and Christine. Cherished Nann-An of Brandon and Dean. Cherished sister of Clarence, Florence, Claudia, Bernice and Betty. Predeceased by her husband Raymond "Ray" (2003); parents Joseph and Saraphine Bourgeois; brothers Euclide and Gerard and sister Rita. Gerene was an active member of Sacred Heart RC Church CWL. A past member of the Waterloo County Civil Defense. Friends are invited to share their memories of Gerene with her family during visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo, on Tuesday March 29, 2011 from 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Parish Prayers will be offered at the funeral home on Tuesday evening at 8:30 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Anthony Daniel RC Church, 29 Midland Drive, Kitchener, on Wednesday March 30, 2011 at 2 pm with the Rev. Earl Talbot as Celebrant. Reception to follow immediately in the St. Anthony Daniel Parish Life Centre. Interment Memory Gardens, Breslau. Condolences for the family and donations to Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke Foundation or the University Hospital London Health Science Centre, and may be arranged through the funeral home at www.erbgood.com or 519.745.8445.