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In Memoriam

This page honours our family members who have passed on. Links to obituaries, when available, are included.

Name
Years
Clark, Randall 1957 - 2021
Commerford, Joe 1924 - 1959
Degryse, Terry (nee Leclair also Commerford) 1927 - 1992
Degryse, Laurie 1934 - 2006
Doiron, Clem 1928 - 2001
Doiron, Jeanne (nee Leclair) 1929 - 2009
Fontaine, Jo-Ann (nee Commerford) 1944 - 2006
Fontaine, Louis 1936 - 2022
Hannah, Alice (nee Leclair) 1924 - 2010
Hannah, Tom 1925 - 2005
Leclair, Brian 1967 - 2007
Leclair, Edmond 1930 - 1931
Leclair, Emilienne (nee Zastre) 1902 - 1970
Leclair, Zacharie 1903 - 1988
Leclair, Marlene (nee Saurette) 1938 - 1997
Leclair, Larry 1960 - 2000
Laurin, Leo (aka Coke) 1929 - 2000
Masserey, Hope 2004 - 2004
Masserey, Tyler 2004 - 2004
Newman, Gordon 1911 - 2010

Do you know of a family member who should be listed here but isn't? Send their name, birth and death years and any link to an obituary to zastrefamily@gmail.com.

St Norbert Memorial Cairn

In May 2010, a Memorial Cairn was unvailed in St Norbert, MB, next to the St Norbert Parish Church. It was to honour the over 1000 graves lost in the fight of the 1950 flood. Many of our relatives were interred in the cemetery and their names now appear on the Cairn. You can watch part of the dedication in this video below.

 

 

did you know?

Louis Gonzague Zastre, was born in Quebec in 1800, worked for the Hudson Bay Company as a Steersman and married Angelique Parisien in 1833 in St Boniface, MB. They are the roots of our Manitoba family


Isadore Zastre, aged 72, was one of four men who formed the quartette to demonstrate the old Red River Jig at the old-timers ball on Nov 17, 1927 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel


There are at least fourteen Zaste/Zastre family members listed on the cairn in St Norbert, who were interred in the original St Norbert Cemetary, the actual location of which is no longer known


Zaste Island, Manitoba is named for Cpl Philias Zaste, a member of our family who died two months before the end of WWII.