SITWELL, Susan
On September 18, 2020, Susan Lamontagne passed away peacefully at la Maison des soins palliatifs du Saguenay at the age of 91 years and eight months.
Susan was born January 7, 1929, in Kampala, Uganda, to Commander and Mrs. Oswald Sitwell (Grace Mcdonald). On reaching school age, she moved to England, where she lived with her paternal grandparents and much loved Aunt Margaret (Sitwell) in Alnwick, Northumberland. When war broke out, she moved with her mother and siblings to Montreal, where they stayed with her maternal aunts Barbara and Annie.
She attended Westmount High School and Mcgill University, where she met her future husband, Charles-andré Lamontagne. They married April 28, 1951, and had six children, Annette (died 1955), Paul, Charles, Jacques, Catherine and Michel. From 1955 to 1957 the family lived in Germany, where André, who was an officer in the Royal 22nd, had been posted. They then returned to Canada, moving from Quebec City to Sackville, Val-cartier and Sainte-foy, before finally settling in Chicoutimi, where Susan handled inter-library loans for the university for some twenty years.
Susan was an avid reader and gardener, and was known for her beautiful handicrafts. She was also a skilful sailor, assisting André through the years on their many boating adventures. She will be remembered for her wisdom, resilience, energy, generosity and cheerfulness, as well as her strong faith.
A small family memorial service was held on September 20. A graveside service was held two days later at Saint François-xavier Cemetery next to the University of Québec at Chicoutimi, after which Susan was interred beside her beloved husband Charles-andré. A virtual visit to their grave site lot VP-164 is available here.
Susan was preceded in death by her daughter Annette, her husband Charles-andré Lamontagne, her sister Barbara Matthews, her parents and her brother George Francis Sitwell.
Susan is survived by her eldest son Paul (Susana Letelier), her granddaughters Noémie (Éric Poitras) and Chloé (Cédric Decas), great-grandchildren Éliot, Arthur, Gabrielle and Louis-charles Poitras and Thomas-jacques Decas; her second son Charles (Julie-bouchard), her grandchildren Hubert, Isabelle, Joël (Petra Sampson), her great-granddaughters Éloise and Fanélie; her third son Jacques (Olena Alyeksyeyeva), her granddaughters Camille and Nicole; her daughter Catherine (Jean-jacques Reigneau), her grandchildren Francis (Noémie Dubois), Émilie, Xavier and Annette; her fourth son Michel (Diane Lavoie), her grandchildren Anne-sophie (Nicolas Beaulieu), Amélie (Kevin Chan) and Jean-daniel.