Lourdes Copp (Dempsey)

Lourdes passed away on March 9, 2022, at the Montfort Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario after a brief illness.  Lourdes had celebrated her 90^th birthday in the summer of 2021 surrounded by her loved ones.  Born into a large farming family in Jacquet River, NB, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur Dempsey and Mildred (Doucet).

Lourdes married her teenage sweetheart Jerry, who became a pilot in the RCAF, and together they travelled widely and raised a family.  Lourdes was a devout Catholic belonging to the Parish of Queen of the Most Holy Rosary in the Hintonburg neighborhood.  She will be missed by her brothers and sisters in Christ.    

Lourdes is survived by her sons Robert (grandson Evan) of Montreal and Cameron of Ottawa, and her daughter Catherine (husband Chris) of Ottawa.  She leaves behind her brother Bernard Dempsey as well as her sisters Joan Sanborn, and Lois Rioux.  She was predeceased by her husband Jerry Copp, and her brothers Lawrence, Robert, Patrick and Wilbur, and her sisters Marguerite, Bernadette, Sarah, Roberta and Irma.

A Funeral Mass for Lourdes will be held at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church, in Ottawa, on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at 11 a.m., followed by interment with her late husband in the National Military Cemetery, located at Beechwood Cemetery. The family are planning a Celebration of Life, this coming summer in Lourdes' hometown of Jacquet River, NB. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated by the family.