Memorable Manitobans: Renée-France Labossière (1936-2018)

Educator.

Born at St. Leon in 1936, daughter of Louis A. Labossiere (1898-1967) and Yvonne Rondeau (1901-1984), her teaching career began in 1956, at St. Leon Village School and Richard School, and later at private Catholic schools in Winnipeg: St. Jean Brébeuf School, St. Ignatius School, Sacré Coeur School, and St. Emile School. After teaching at Lacerte School for five years, she became the Principal of Ecole Tache (1976-2002). On her retirement in 2002, the school library was named in her honour. She died unmarried at Winnipeg in September 2018.

Sources:

Obituary [Louis Labossiere], Winnipeg Free Press, 17 October 1967, page 28.

Obituary [Yvonne Labossiere], Winnipeg Free Press, 21 December 1984, page 25.

Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 15 September 2018.

Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 15 September 2018

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