Obituary of Aurore Florence Prest

PREST, Aurore (nee Coupal)-passed away suddenly, surrounded by her loving family at the Hamilton General Hospital on Thursday April 21, 2011 at the age of 77. Beloved wife of Kenneth Parsons for over 40 years. Loving mother to Dana (Raymond) Lessard, Robert (Elizabeth) Prest, Deborah (Eric) Hymander, Joanne Joanisse (Bill), Norma-Jean (Michel) Vachon, Ricky (Suzana) Prest. Cherished grandmother to Julie, Nathalie, Robert (Andrea), Christopher, Kathleen (Joshua), Nicholas (Nicole), Kiara, James, Stephen, Matthew, Joshua, Ryan and Derrick (Spencer). Aurore was excited to become a great grandmother to Peyton (expected in May). She will be sadly missed by her sisters Colombe Last (Timmins), Jeanne D'Arc Lajeunesse (Kapuskasing) and her brother Ovila Coupal (Waterloo). Predeceased by her siblings Gerard Coupal (1926), Therese Lajeunesse (2002), Maurice Coupal (1978), Jacqueline Yorke (2008), Gerald Coupal (1999), Lorraine Daly (1989), Claude Coupal (2000), Pierrette Coupal (1945). Aurore's family will receive visitors at the GEORGE DARTE FUNERAL CHAPEL, 585 Carlton St. St.Catharines, on Tuesday April 26 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. with vigil prayers to take place at 3 p.m. A Funeral Liturgy will be held on Wednesday April 27 at 11:00 a.m. at St.Alfred's Roman Catholic church with burial at Victoria Lawn cemetery to follow. Memorial donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario or the Canadian Cancer Society will be appreciated by her family.