Camille D'Haillecourt

Camille Cato Council D'Haillecourt died May 29, 2005, at peace in her home after a short battle with thyroid cancer. She was 82 years of age.

She was born in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sept. 4, 1922, and lived a long life, the final years of which were devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ and to her family near and far.

She married Edmond Jules D'Haillecourt on June 1, 1944, in Florida while he was in the US Navy. Camille was a welder in the Pensacola shipyards during World War II. Upon Edmond's Naval discharge, they moved to Louisville, Colo., with their young son Robert and daughter Patricia. They lived many years in the Denver area, where they raised a son, Robert, and three daughters, Patricia, Betty and Debra.

When Edmond retired from the plumbing supply business in 1984, they moved to Hemet, Calif., where they enjoyed their lives together.

Edmond passed away in 1998, and Camille moved to Eugene, Ore., to be near two of her daughters' families who lived in that area. In 2000, she again moved to Whitefish, this time with her daughter Betty and family.

She loved the Flathead Valley, the people, the community and the friends she made here. She was a homemaker through most of her life and was an expert at knitting, sewing and cooking. She enjoyed watching birds and deer from her home and made time daily to talk with Jesus. She was active in her faith at the Nazarene Church of Whitefish.

She is survived by her brother, Henry Council, in Gulfport, Miss.; her son Robert, in Lakewood, Colo.; daughters Patricia Mathis, in Eugene, Ore., Betty Dustin, in Whitefish, and Debra McMaster, in Independence, Kan., as well as their wives and husbands. 10 grandchildren; 14 great grandchildren; nieces, nephews and many dear friends.

She will be missed in body, but we all know that she is with our maker and will continue to smile in heaven.

The family suggests that donations be made to the Finger Tip Love fund in care of the Nazarene Church of Whitefish, which she founded to provide winter clothing for needy families.