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MASSETT - Rose-Marie Massett passed away peacefully at the Yorkton Regional Health Centre on Thursday, September 1, 2016, with her sister by her side. Rose-Marie was born on December 29, 1941, the daughter of George and Sophie (nee Spezowka) Senkow at the Yorkton General Hospital. Rose-Marie lived most of her life in Calgary, AB. In her chosen career as an Accountant, she worked in various industries - financial, transportation, oil & gas and publishing. She was also active as lay minister in the Church. A holiday she always remembered was going to London, England and Ireland. Mass was very important to her. She always said she would have to be very sick to not attend Sunday Mass. Her recent illness made this a reality and Communion was brought to her hospital bed by St. Gerard's Communion Ministers. Rose-Marie was predeceased by her father, George Senkow on January 5, 2013 and brother-in-law, Lorne Spelay as well as numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. She is survived by her mother, Sophie Senkow of the Yorkton & District Nursing Home, Yorkton, SK; her two sisters, Iris Spelay of Kelowna, BC and Diane (Ken) Sharp of Springside, SK and their dog, Doogie; her two nephews, Gordon (Ellen) Spelay of Port Moody, BC and Cameron (Cindy-Anne) Spelay of Midway, BC; two great-nieces, Sarah (Brett) and their children Beatrix and Burton and Heather (Spencer) and their son, Cohen, both of Fort St. John, BC. Funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 from St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church in Yorkton, SK with Father Frances Hengen serving as the Celebrant. Tamara Morgotch was the Cross Bearer. The pianist, Chris Fisher and members of St. Gerard's Church Choir led the congregation in the singing of the hymns, "Here I Am, Lord", "Psalm 138", "On Eagle's Wings", "Be Not Afraid", "Song of the Angels" and "Amazing Grace". The Interment Service followed in the family plot in the Yorkton City Cemetery with Gordon Spelay, Murray Spezowka, Chris Senkow, Vern Bohach, Norman Sharp and Scott Sharp serving as the casket bearers. The congregation was invited to join Rose-Marie's family for a reception in St. Gerard's Parish Complex following the Interment Service. Friends so wishing may make donations in Rose-Marie's memory to the Regina Cancer Patient Lodge, Regina, SK. Friends so wishing may forward their condolences to the family by visiting . Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Christie's Funeral Home & Crematorium, Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
