Trudeau, Dolores Mae "Dee" Hance was born September 1, 1930 to Alfred and Olivine St. Michel Hance in Red Lake Falls, Minnesota. She attended a one-room schoolhouse in Dorothy, MN, and graduated from Red Lake Falls High School, St. Scholastica College with a degree in Elementary Education and UND with a Masters in Special Ed. Dee married Richard Paul Trudeau in Dorothy, MN on June 23, 1953. She spent the next phase of her life devoting herself to raising a family in Moorhead and Thief River Falls, and then went back to teaching, and was later in the antique business. Dee was President of the Mrs. Jaycees in Moorhead, President of the Thief River Falls Hospital Auxiliary, Regent of the Thief River Falls Catholic Daughters, and served on parish councils in Thief River Falls and New Hope. Dee was an avid reader, snowmobiler and bridge player, and skilled in various crafts. Dee entered into eternal life August 16, 2017 at Boutwell's Landing in Stillwater, MN. Dee was preceded in death by her parents, and brothers Ed, Jim and Tom. She is survived by her husband Richard, children Tim, Tammy, Todd and Tracey, her brother Lee and sister Joan, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A celebration of Dee's life will be Monday, August 21, 2017, 11:00 A.M. with a visitation one hour prior to the service at BRADSHAW CELEBRATION OF LIFE CENTER, 2800 Curve Crest Boulevard, Stillwater. Interment Fort Snelling National Cemetery. Bradshaw - 651-439-5511 bradshawfuneral.com

Published on August 18, 2017


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