SAINT-GEORGES, QUEBEC, Canada – Marguerite “Marie-Ange” Fortin Veilleux passed away peacefully on Feb. 12, 2021 of natural causes at the age of 90 at the Chaudière Integrated Health and Social Services Center in Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada. Marie-Ange was born Sept. 3, 1930 in St. Philibert, Quebec, Canada, the second youngest of 11 children born to the late Philibert Fortin and the late Délina Genesse. After working on the family farm, she moved to St. Georges to work in factories and start her own adult life. It was in Saint-Georges that she met Gerard Veilleux. Marie-Ange and Gerard were married in Saint-Georges of July 2, 1957. Later that year the young couple moved to Jackman, Maine where Gerard worked in the logging industry and Marie-Ange worked at home raising three children. She retired to Canada in 1997.Marie-Ange is survived by her children Rene (Katie Duffey), Lynn (Paul Labonté) and Denise (Jerry Joy); her grandchildren, Kathryn and Patrick Veilleux, Andréa Savignano (Sean Savignano), Stephanie Navrat (Pavel Navrat), Rebecca LaBonté, Amanda and Joshua Joy; as well as her five great-grandchildren, Auréa, Claudia, Théodore, Eliot and Oliver. She is also survived by two brothers, Raymond (Mariette Bégin) and Edmond (Georgette Roy).She was predeceased by her husband Gerard; and by her siblings, Yvette (Lucien Morin), Rose (Maurice Gagnon), Sister Maria, Armand (Auréa Poulin), Florian (Yolande Buteau), Adrien (Hélène Labbé), Louis-Philippe (Gisèle Prévost), Fernand (Hilda Veilleux). She was also predeceased by in-laws, Yolande (Renald Paquet), Yvon (Jeannine Mercier), George-Elie (Jeannine Caron), Rose-Hélène (Valère Bégin), Louida, Rita (Albert Fortin), and Hilda (Fernand Fortin).Marie-Ange will be remembered for her strong will, usually smiling while facing the many challenges of working multiple jobs in Jackman to support her family. Her family was rich in many ways, especially as she showered her children with love, shelter, and warm meals. Mom was able to see her children leave the comfortable nest of home and start their own adult lives. She loved visiting Lynn and Denise and her grandchildren in Maine. She also was able to travel to other states to visit Rene. The last of many fond memories we have of Mom is that she smiled and blew kisses to her children via the internet before she passed.The family wishes to thank the staff of the Saint-Georges Hospital and the Residence of Saint Guillaume for the exceptional care provided. A ginormous thank you and love goes out to Ginette Morin and Noël Poulin who looked after our Mom during the past year while the immediate family was unable to visit because of the COVID-19 Pandemic.According to her wishes, there will be no funeral ceremony. The Interment will take place later in St-Anthony’s Cemetery in Jackman, Maine.Arrangements have been entrusted to La Maison Roy & Giguère, 2550, 1e avenue, Saint-Georges. Online condolences may be expressed in English or French: https://www.royetgiguere.com/avis_de_deces.phpDonations may bemade to either theAmerican or CanadianAlzheimer Association: Alzheimer’s Association | Donate to FightAlzheimer’s Disease orSociété Alzheimer Chaudière-Appalaches , 440, boul. Vachon Sud CP1, Sainte-Marie, Beauce,G6E 3B4.

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