Mme Rita SIMARD

On August 10, 2026, surrounded by her family, at the CIUSSS Saguenay Lac St-Jean / Hôpital de Chicoutimi, at the age of 95 years and 2 months, Mme Rita Simard, wife of the late Mr. Jean-Marie Bolduc, residing in La Baie.

She was the daughter of the late Mme Marie-Jeanne Bouchard and the late Mr. Théophile Simard.

The family will receive relatives and friends, in the presence of the ashes, on Monday, September 7, 2026, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the:

Cooperative Funeral Service of Fjord

1186 2e Rue, La Baie

The funeral will take place on the same day, Monday, September 7, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at the Notre-Dame-de-La-Baie Church.

Her remains will be entrusted to the crematorium and will be interred at St. Alexis cemetery at a later date.

She leaves behind:

• Her children: Chantal Bolduc (Annie Desgagné) and Régis Bolduc (Karen Doonan)
• Her grandchildren: Guillaume Bolduc (Noémie Desrosiers), the late Carolane Bolduc, Marie-Ève Bolduc (Pier-Luc Tremblay), and Francis Bolduc (Anne-Sophie Gagnon).
• Her sister: the late Antonio Simard (the late Irène Verreault), the late Yolande (the late Charles-Henri Gagnon), the late Candide (the late Rock Verreault), the late Géraldine (the late Laurent Lapointe), the late Raymond (the late Jeannette Jean), Léo (the late Lise Simard), Emma, the late Simone, Nicole (the late Lucien Bolduc), Huguette (the late Raymond-Marie Gervais), the late Thérèse (the late Roger Lajoie), and Yvan (Marie-Laure Barbeau).
• Her sister-in-law: the late Georgette Bolduc (the late Jean-Eudes Gagnon), Paul-Émile (the late Jeanne-Françoise Bergeron), the late Raymond (the late Lise Gauthier), the late Lucien (Nicole Simard), Philippe (the late Michelle Tremblay), the late Lisette (the late Omer St-Laurent, the late Camil Duchesne), Marcel (the late Louise Pleau, Madeleine Drouin), Jeanne (the late Benoît Côté), the late Hélène (the late Roch Desbiens), the late Yves (the late Constance Gobeil), the late Rachelle (the late Jean-Yves Jean), the late Judith (the late Jean-Charles Belley), the late Laurent (the late Fernande Bouchard), the late Jean Lavoie (the late Margot Lavigne), the late Aliette Gagné (the late Jean-Baptiste Simard), the late Joseph (the late Fernande Martel), the late Antoinette (the late Albert Gagnon), and the late Thérèse (the late Ange-Marie Thibeault).

She also leaves many nephews, nieces, relatives, and friends.

For those wishing to offer donations, a volunteer from the Cancer Saguenay organization will be present at the salon to collect them. Your expressions of sympathy can also be reflected through an online donation via the secure website: Cancer Saguenay – Let’s be stronger than cancer