LARRY JAMES BEAUCAGE

It is with heavy hearts that we, the family, announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Larry James Beaucage, on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon, Sask. from cancer.
Larry was born Aug. 29, 1936 in St. Boniface, Man. to Pete and Helen Beaucage.
The eldest of five children, he was raised in Vassar, Man. Then at the age of 16, he moved with his family to Nestor Falls, Ont. to work in the bush with his father and uncles.
It was here where he met the love of his life, Gail Mae Roblin. They were the first couple to be married in the tiny church of St. Mary’s in Nestor Falls on May 24, 1955.
Larry and Gail had five children and moved to Kenora, Ont. to raise them. Then in the early 1970s, they moved to Fort Frances, Ont., where a sixth child joined the family.
Larry then built the family home and continued working as a logger in the bush.
In 1985, after a series of accidents while working in the bush, Larry and Gail and their youngest son moved to Dundurn, Sask., at which time Larry became a long-haul driver, retiring from that in 2004.
Still not willing to fully retire, he became a maintenance man for an apartment complex and continued working until his illness made it too difficult. He stopped working on Jan. 31, 2015.
Our husband/father was a very hard-working, loving, caring, and honest man who never broke a promise. He was very dedicated to his wife, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Family was of the utmost importance to him.
Larry is survived by his wife of almost 60 years, Gail (nee Roblin); four sons, Rick (Kathryn), Eugene (Debra), Jamie (Marion), and Darcy (Cindy); daughter, Michelle (Vince); 14 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are three sisters, Patricia “Pat” Johnson (Wally), Paulette “Kookie” Rayburn (Don), and Joy “Joe” Sosnowski (Tom); four sisters-in-law and one brother-in-law through Gail; very close friends, Bill and Grace Beeler and John and Katie Bohnke; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and one aunt, Lillian Meush.
Larry was predeceased by his brother, Morris (1974); parents, Pete and Helen Beaucage (2000); oldest daughter, Lorelei (2012); two grandchildren, Kathleen and David; two brothers-in-law and four sisters-in-law; and Gail’s parents, Florence and John Speaker and Jim and Ada Roblin.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Saskatoon, Sask., with Rev. Fr. Nestor Gregoire, OMI, as celebrant.
Flowers are gratefully declined.
In memoriam donations may be made to Saskatoon Canadian Diabetes Association, Cancer Care SK, or a charity of your choice.