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November 30, 1925 - March 25, 2013

This is the hard part of life. My Mom Grandma Tess, whom we’ve loved dearly, will be greatly missed and leave a great void in our lives, has passed on to be with her Lord and Saviour.

Tess Tessier (Brousseau) passed away peacefully on March 25 in Kaslo, BC while visiting her daughter. A stroke struck Thursday morning.

Tess was born in Hudson Bay Junction, Sask. Nov 30, 1925 to Zoe and George Tessier, a horse jockey and animal veterinarian. Mom was a remarkable women who did life HER way, wrote the White Spirit Bear Book and Iceberg Tea.

Tess was predeceased by her husband Clarence Brousseau and three of their sons, Bill, Don and David. She is survived by her only daughter Angele Ortega (Rowe) and three sons, Phillip, Paul and Mike Brousseau, and her twenty grand-children, Jeremiah, Vance, Gordon, Keith, Dale, Nehemiah, Darci, Penny, Aaron, Caleb, Levi, Meleah, Ezra, Alicia, Bethany, Trish, Abraham, Jewel, Jessica, Adam and by her three great grand-children Cora, Libby and Rowynn.

She will be in our hearts forever and missed by her many grand children and few great grand children.

A Celebration of Life will be held April 10th Wednesday at the Pentecostal Assembly 3511 Eby St. Terrace, BC. You are welcome starting at 1:00 pm.

Mother loved orchids or in lieu of flowers a donation to any animal shelter. We would like it best if you showed up to share your memories and the good times, enjoying her tenacious spirit.



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