Marcella Gregoire

Marcella T. Gregoire age 89 of Tracy, MN died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at the Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy. Services will be 2:30 PM Friday, October 5, 2012 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Tracy. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Thursday, October 4, 2012 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy, with a rosary at 5:00 PM and a prayer service at 7:00 PM. The visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church on Friday. Interment will be in the Calvary Cemetery, with a luncheon served immediately following the burial in the church social hall. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the arrangements. Marcella Theresa Gregoire was born December 21, 1922 to Ernest and Lena (Schreier) Beach in Currie, MN, Murray County. She was baptized and confirmed in the Catholic faith at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Currie and attended Country School District #5. On January 3, 1942 Marcella married Oliver Gregoire at I.H.M. in Currie and they made their home on a farm near Currie. They later moved to a farm near Garvin until 1983, when they retired from the farm. They moved to Lamberton that year and managed a chicken farm until 1989 when they moved to Tracy, MN. Through the years, Marcella was a housewife and mother, but also worked along side her husband with the farm work. Marcella also did babysitting for neighbors and friends for many years. She enjoyed gardening, both vegetable and flowers, cooking, baking, canning and most of all caring for children. In June of 2012 she became a resident of Prairie View Healthcare Center in Tracy, where she died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at the age of 89. Marcella is survived by her two sons, Richard (Shirley) Gregoire of Russell, MN and Donald (Nanette) Gregoire of Tracy, MN; six grandchildren, Tammy Jo (Herb) Doody, Laura (Rick) Wilks, James (Jennifer) Gregoire, Richard (Michele) Gregoire Jr., Troy (Twyla) Gregoire and Tim (Bobbie) Gregoire; fourteen great grandchildren, Danny and David Hicks, Brandon, Tanner, Makayla, Logan, Jayden, Jordan, Tyson, Tiffany, Clyde and Ayden Gregoire, Amanda Banks and Christopher Doody; two great-great grandchildren, Jordan Hicks and Levi Banks; six sisters, Berniece Silva of CA, Lorraine Jones of Slayton, MN, Eileen (Lloyd) Johnson of Worthington, MN, Darlene (Donald) LeClaire of Currie, MN, Daretta Landsman of Tyler, MN and Beverly Gilliland of Currie, MN; many nieces, nephews and friends. Her husband, Oliver, her parents, four brothers-in-law, Earl Silva, Calvin Jones, Virgil Landsman, and Lorin Gilliland, four nieces and one nephew preceded her in death. Blessed be her memory.