Marguerite Isabel Chisholm Hampston Bourassa died in Duluth, on Jan. 24, 2011, one day before the birthday of her beloved Scottish poet, Robert Burns. She was born in Duluth, on Feb. 20, 1913, to Margaret McInnis and Archibald Chisholm. The Chisholm's were part of a large extended family of Nova Scotia Scots.
Marguerite attended school in Duluth and graduated from Bessemer (Mich.) High School in 1931. Her father's construction company built schools and bridges in the Michigan Upper Peninsula towns of Bessemer, Ironwood and beyond.
During the early dark days of the Great Depression, young people on the Gogebic Range flocked to a dance spot in Bessemer called the Irondrome. It was there that beautiful Marguerite was spotted by John Hampston, of Ironwood. A friend arranged a not-quite-blind date, and Marguerite and John quickly fell in love.
On June 20, 1936, they married in St. Sebastian's Catholic Church in Bessemer, and moved later that summer to a cottage at Lake Gogebic. The first of their four children, Claudette Jean, was born in Ironwood prior to John and Marguerite's 1941 move to Chicago. Son John Patrick was born in Chicago in 1942, and Quinlan Michael arrived on Christmas of 1943, after their return to Duluth. Mary Katherine completed the family in May of 1948.
The Hampstons were parishioners of St. Jean Baptiste Church in the West End where the children attended St. Jean's school.
After John's death in 1969, Marguerite was courted by and eventually married Frank Bourassa in 1971. Their marriage lasted for 29 happy and fulfilling years, until Frank's death in 2000.
Subsequently, another great love reentered Marguerite's life. Alphonse Tudesco, her first beau, wrote, sent flowers, and called regularly. His estate included a significant gift for Marguerite, his first love. At the time, she was 94.
A fall and a broken pelvis brought Marguerite to live in the Benedictine Health Center (BHC) in the spring of 2004. The attentions of the skilled caregivers helped her maintain a happy life in the years since. From everyone at BHC, Marguerite received sweet care wrapped in affection.
She was not a joiner but Marguerite lived by the Golden Rule which made it imperative to her to help others one by one. She took in children, teens, relatives, and friends. She gave them a roof, good food, and a chance to set their lives aright. She welcomed all guests with good humor, Scottish wisdom, and song.
Rearing her own children was the life she loved most, but she worked out of the home when necessary. The variety of jobs she held, and the grace with which she performed them, serves an example for workers in all hard times.
Her last job, as housekeeper in the newly built Radisson Duluth Hotel, required classroom training. In her late 50s, she topped her class and earned a cherished certificate. The Radisson got one heck of a housekeeper and she got the satisfaction of knowing she could master academic challenges as she had all the other challenges in her life.
At the time of her death, Marguerite was a member of the Duluth Scottish Heritage Association and Holy Family Church.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, John (Dorothy) Chisholm and Wallace (Evelyn) Chisholm; sister Mary Christine (Mario) Re; and her son, John (Jack aka the King) Hampston who died in 2001.
Marguerite is survived by her children: Claudette (Claudia Daly) and her husband, Stanley Kusunoki, Quinlan (Michael) Hampston and his wife, Sharon Salo, and Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Kanninen and her husband, Benjamin Kanninen; seven grandchildren: Patrick (Julie), Michael, and Sean Daly, Robert and John Hampston, and Rebecca (Sean) Klett and Daniel Kanninen; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; niece Ginger Mittelsteadt; sister-in-law Ardell Bourassa; and friends Pearl and Jim Kusunoki, Patricia Daugherty, Juellie Reinke Judy and Greg Bonovetz, Stephanie Richards, Pamela Lien and her parents, the late Herb and Margaret Lien.
Internment at Oneota Cemetery
Marguerite attended school in Duluth and graduated from Bessemer (Mich.) High School in 1931. Her father's construction company built schools and bridges in the Michigan Upper Peninsula towns of Bessemer, Ironwood and beyond.
During the early dark days of the Great Depression, young people on the Gogebic Range flocked to a dance spot in Bessemer called the Irondrome. It was there that beautiful Marguerite was spotted by John Hampston, of Ironwood. A friend arranged a not-quite-blind date, and Marguerite and John quickly fell in love.
On June 20, 1936, they married in St. Sebastian's Catholic Church in Bessemer, and moved later that summer to a cottage at Lake Gogebic. The first of their four children, Claudette Jean, was born in Ironwood prior to John and Marguerite's 1941 move to Chicago. Son John Patrick was born in Chicago in 1942, and Quinlan Michael arrived on Christmas of 1943, after their return to Duluth. Mary Katherine completed the family in May of 1948.
The Hampstons were parishioners of St. Jean Baptiste Church in the West End where the children attended St. Jean's school.
After John's death in 1969, Marguerite was courted by and eventually married Frank Bourassa in 1971. Their marriage lasted for 29 happy and fulfilling years, until Frank's death in 2000.
Subsequently, another great love reentered Marguerite's life. Alphonse Tudesco, her first beau, wrote, sent flowers, and called regularly. His estate included a significant gift for Marguerite, his first love. At the time, she was 94.
A fall and a broken pelvis brought Marguerite to live in the Benedictine Health Center (BHC) in the spring of 2004. The attentions of the skilled caregivers helped her maintain a happy life in the years since. From everyone at BHC, Marguerite received sweet care wrapped in affection.
She was not a joiner but Marguerite lived by the Golden Rule which made it imperative to her to help others one by one. She took in children, teens, relatives, and friends. She gave them a roof, good food, and a chance to set their lives aright. She welcomed all guests with good humor, Scottish wisdom, and song.
Rearing her own children was the life she loved most, but she worked out of the home when necessary. The variety of jobs she held, and the grace with which she performed them, serves an example for workers in all hard times.
Her last job, as housekeeper in the newly built Radisson Duluth Hotel, required classroom training. In her late 50s, she topped her class and earned a cherished certificate. The Radisson got one heck of a housekeeper and she got the satisfaction of knowing she could master academic challenges as she had all the other challenges in her life.
At the time of her death, Marguerite was a member of the Duluth Scottish Heritage Association and Holy Family Church.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, John (Dorothy) Chisholm and Wallace (Evelyn) Chisholm; sister Mary Christine (Mario) Re; and her son, John (Jack aka the King) Hampston who died in 2001.
Marguerite is survived by her children: Claudette (Claudia Daly) and her husband, Stanley Kusunoki, Quinlan (Michael) Hampston and his wife, Sharon Salo, and Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Kanninen and her husband, Benjamin Kanninen; seven grandchildren: Patrick (Julie), Michael, and Sean Daly, Robert and John Hampston, and Rebecca (Sean) Klett and Daniel Kanninen; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; niece Ginger Mittelsteadt; sister-in-law Ardell Bourassa; and friends Pearl and Jim Kusunoki, Patricia Daugherty, Juellie Reinke Judy and Greg Bonovetz, Stephanie Richards, Pamela Lien and her parents, the late Herb and Margaret Lien.
Internment at Oneota Cemetery
Marguerite Isabel Chisholm Hampston Bourassa died in Duluth, on Jan. 24, 2011, one day before the birthday of her beloved Scottish poet, Robert Burns. She was born in Duluth, on Feb. 20, 1913, to Margaret McInnis and Archibald Chisholm. The Chisholm's were part of a large extended family of Nova Scotia Scots.
Marguerite attended school in Duluth and graduated from Bessemer (Mich.) High School in 1931. Her father's construction company built schools and bridges in the Michigan Upper Peninsula towns of Bessemer, Ironwood and beyond.
During the early dark days of the Great Depression, young people on the Gogebic Range flocked to a dance spot in Bessemer called the Irondrome. It was there that beautiful Marguerite was spotted by John Hampston, of Ironwood. A friend arranged a not-quite-blind date, and Marguerite and John quickly fell in love.
On June 20, 1936, they married in St. Sebastian's Catholic Church in Bessemer, and moved later that summer to a cottage at Lake Gogebic. The first of their four children, Claudette Jean, was born in Ironwood prior to John and Marguerite's 1941 move to Chicago. Son John Patrick was born in Chicago in 1942, and Quinlan Michael arrived on Christmas of 1943, after their return to Duluth. Mary Katherine completed the family in May of 1948.
The Hampstons were parishioners of St. Jean Baptiste Church in the West End where the children attended St. Jean's school.
After John's death in 1969, Marguerite was courted by and eventually married Frank Bourassa in 1971. Their marriage lasted for 29 happy and fulfilling years, until Frank's death in 2000.
Subsequently, another great love reentered Marguerite's life. Alphonse Tudesco, her first beau, wrote, sent flowers, and called regularly. His estate included a significant gift for Marguerite, his first love. At the time, she was 94.
A fall and a broken pelvis brought Marguerite to live in the Benedictine Health Center (BHC) in the spring of 2004. The attentions of the skilled caregivers helped her maintain a happy life in the years since. From everyone at BHC, Marguerite received sweet care wrapped in affection.
She was not a joiner but Marguerite lived by the Golden Rule which made it imperative to her to help others one by one. She took in children, teens, relatives, and friends. She gave them a roof, good food, and a chance to set their lives aright. She welcomed all guests with good humor, Scottish wisdom, and song.
Rearing her own children was the life she loved most, but she worked out of the home when necessary. The variety of jobs she held, and the grace with which she performed them, serves an example for workers in all hard times.
Her last job, as housekeeper in the newly built Radisson Duluth Hotel, required classroom training. In her late 50s, she topped her class and earned a cherished certificate. The Radisson got one heck of a housekeeper and she got the satisfaction of knowing she could master academic challenges as she had all the other challenges in her life.
At the time of her death, Marguerite was a member of the Duluth Scottish Heritage Association and Holy Family Church.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, John (Dorothy) Chisholm and Wallace (Evelyn) Chisholm; sister Mary Christine (Mario) Re; and her son, John (Jack aka the King) Hampston who died in 2001.
Marguerite is survived by her children: Claudette (Claudia Daly) and her husband, Stanley Kusunoki, Quinlan (Michael) Hampston and his wife, Sharon Salo, and Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Kanninen and her husband, Benjamin Kanninen; seven grandchildren: Patrick (Julie), Michael, and Sean Daly, Robert and John Hampston, and Rebecca (Sean) Klett and Daniel Kanninen; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; niece Ginger Mittelsteadt; sister-in-law Ardell Bourassa; and friends Pearl and Jim Kusunoki, Patricia Daugherty, Juellie Reinke Judy and Greg Bonovetz, Stephanie Richards, Pamela Lien and her parents, the late Herb and Margaret Lien.
Internment at Oneota Cemetery
Marguerite attended school in Duluth and graduated from Bessemer (Mich.) High School in 1931. Her father's construction company built schools and bridges in the Michigan Upper Peninsula towns of Bessemer, Ironwood and beyond.
During the early dark days of the Great Depression, young people on the Gogebic Range flocked to a dance spot in Bessemer called the Irondrome. It was there that beautiful Marguerite was spotted by John Hampston, of Ironwood. A friend arranged a not-quite-blind date, and Marguerite and John quickly fell in love.
On June 20, 1936, they married in St. Sebastian's Catholic Church in Bessemer, and moved later that summer to a cottage at Lake Gogebic. The first of their four children, Claudette Jean, was born in Ironwood prior to John and Marguerite's 1941 move to Chicago. Son John Patrick was born in Chicago in 1942, and Quinlan Michael arrived on Christmas of 1943, after their return to Duluth. Mary Katherine completed the family in May of 1948.
The Hampstons were parishioners of St. Jean Baptiste Church in the West End where the children attended St. Jean's school.
After John's death in 1969, Marguerite was courted by and eventually married Frank Bourassa in 1971. Their marriage lasted for 29 happy and fulfilling years, until Frank's death in 2000.
Subsequently, another great love reentered Marguerite's life. Alphonse Tudesco, her first beau, wrote, sent flowers, and called regularly. His estate included a significant gift for Marguerite, his first love. At the time, she was 94.
A fall and a broken pelvis brought Marguerite to live in the Benedictine Health Center (BHC) in the spring of 2004. The attentions of the skilled caregivers helped her maintain a happy life in the years since. From everyone at BHC, Marguerite received sweet care wrapped in affection.
She was not a joiner but Marguerite lived by the Golden Rule which made it imperative to her to help others one by one. She took in children, teens, relatives, and friends. She gave them a roof, good food, and a chance to set their lives aright. She welcomed all guests with good humor, Scottish wisdom, and song.
Rearing her own children was the life she loved most, but she worked out of the home when necessary. The variety of jobs she held, and the grace with which she performed them, serves an example for workers in all hard times.
Her last job, as housekeeper in the newly built Radisson Duluth Hotel, required classroom training. In her late 50s, she topped her class and earned a cherished certificate. The Radisson got one heck of a housekeeper and she got the satisfaction of knowing she could master academic challenges as she had all the other challenges in her life.
At the time of her death, Marguerite was a member of the Duluth Scottish Heritage Association and Holy Family Church.
She was preceded in death by her brothers, John (Dorothy) Chisholm and Wallace (Evelyn) Chisholm; sister Mary Christine (Mario) Re; and her son, John (Jack aka the King) Hampston who died in 2001.
Marguerite is survived by her children: Claudette (Claudia Daly) and her husband, Stanley Kusunoki, Quinlan (Michael) Hampston and his wife, Sharon Salo, and Mary Katherine (Mary Kay) Kanninen and her husband, Benjamin Kanninen; seven grandchildren: Patrick (Julie), Michael, and Sean Daly, Robert and John Hampston, and Rebecca (Sean) Klett and Daniel Kanninen; eight great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; niece Ginger Mittelsteadt; sister-in-law Ardell Bourassa; and friends Pearl and Jim Kusunoki, Patricia Daugherty, Juellie Reinke Judy and Greg Bonovetz, Stephanie Richards, Pamela Lien and her parents, the late Herb and Margaret Lien.
Internment at Oneota Cemetery
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