Marcel Joseph Maisonneuve, 1948 -2001

Marcel Joseph Maisonneuve passed away in Edmonton on Oct. 18 at the age of 53 years.

Marcel was born in McLennan and spent his childhood years in Donnelly and Guy. He attended the University of Alberta and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1969. He held the position of market analyst and production economist for Alberta Agriculture and operated a grain and oilseed farm near Guy for 23 years.

Marcel was named chairman of the Alberta Forage Seed Council and represented the farmers of the Smoky River Region on the board of the Alberta Canola Growers Association, which he was later elected president. He was awarded an honourary membership of Smoky Applied Research Development Association and was presented the Green Team Award from Alberta Agriculture in 1999.

Marcel published Farm Machinery Costs in 1972 and recently completed the Millennium Agriculture Historical and Statistical Profile.

Marcel was a steward and lover of the land. He was a humanist who loved his family and his friends deeply. He left the world a kinder, gentler place and will be missed dearly.

He leaves to mourn: his loving wife, Liliane Coutu; his loving children, Marc (Monique) and Joanne (Douglas), and his granddaughters Juliane and Natalie; his father, Paul Emile; his sisters, Sister Raymonde Maisonneuve C.S.C., and Vivianne Laliberte; his brothers, Bernard and Alain; and many members of the Maisonneuve and Coutu families.

He was predeceased by his mother Lilian Lever Maisonneuve.