LAMOUREUX, Charles-Roch D.S.O., Major (retraité) À Ottawa, le 13 février 2000, à l'âge de 90 ans, est décédé Charles-Roch Lamoureux, fils de feu Omer Lamoureux et de feu Maria Côté, époux de feu Janine Blain. Il laisse dans le deuil ses fils: le Dr Pierre (Nancy Macdonald), Jean et Jacques (Doris Simoneau), ses petits-enfants: Mijanou, Marianne, Caroline et Anik de même qu'un cousin et des nièces. Pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, il servit outre-mer avec le Régiment de la Chaudière. Gentilhomme Huissier de la Verge Noire, au Sénat de 1947 à 1970, il fut aussi Président et membre à vie de l'Institut cana de la Légion royale canadienne d tawa. Notre papa repose chez: Racine, Robert & Gauthier 300, rue Ofmstead, Manier Heures de visite: le mercredi 16 février 2000 de 14 à 17 h et de 19 à 21 h. Les funérailles auront lieu le jeudi 17 février à 11 h, en l'église de la Nativité-de-Notre-Seigneur, 355 rue Acton à Ottawa. Incinération puis inhumation à Sorel. Au lieu de fleurs, un don à la charité de votre choix, serait apprécié.
Paru dans : Le Journal de Montréal
Family man, war hero served as Gentleman Usher for 23 years.
Leading an attack against German forces on April 24, 1944 at Hammrich, Germany, Maj. Charles-Rock Lamoureux of the Régiment de la Chaudière saw things weren't going well. Maj. Lamoureux, who served as the Senate's Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1947-70 - a key ceremonial and administrative position - was commanding a rifle company when he saw his attack was in danger of bogging down. The Germans had opened fire on his troops and the intensity of the fire forced the Chaudières to take cover. After a few minutes, Maj. Lamoureux seized the initiative by striding to the middle of the shell-swept road and personally rallying his infantry- his comrades knew him as "men. For encouraging his man, leading the charge against the enemy, ignoring a wound and capturing his objective, Maj. Lamoureux was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry in action.
Charles-Rock Lamoureux, who died in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2000, was born in Sorel, Québec, on March 28 1909. After moving to Montreal at an early age with his parents, he worked in the insurance business before obtaining a commission with the Régiment de Maisonneuve in April 1940. He later transferred to the Chaudières in 1941 where is comrades knew him as "Rocky". After fighting through France, Blegium, Holland and into Germany, Maj. Lamoureux was wounded again - a piece of shrapnel in his brain that paralysed his right side.
After the war, Maj. Lamoureux was back working in the insurance business when he got a telephone call in January 1947 from the office of prime minister Mackenzie King. Maj. Lamoureux was being considered for the post of the Senate's Gentlemen Usher of the Black Rod, which traces its roots back 600 years to the early parliaments of English history. It was at the time given to officers with a distinguished was record who had been left disabled.
Over the next 23 years, Maj. Lamoureux, who married Janine Blain on May 10, 1947, was at the centre of all the federal government's great state occasions. As Black Rod, he helped organize tradition-rich events such as the opening of Parliament, the installation of Governors general and royal occasions when the Queen visited Canada.
On Oct. 14, 1957, Maj. Lamoureux, dressed in his traditional black uniform and carrying the ornate black rod, stood a few feet to the left of the Queen as she read the speech from the throne in the Senate to open Parliament. It was the first time a Canadian sovereign had done so in person. Described by one of his sons, Jean, as a family man, Maj. Lamoureux resigned his position in 1970 because of his nervousness at state occasions. "He was always afraid that his paralysed right leg would give out during official ceremonies." Maj. Lamoureux was a religious man who loved the arts, chess and literature. He also enjoyed being with his family, said Mr. Lamoureux. "He was a reserved man. He appreciated life after the war because he experienced the horrors of war. He used to tell us that were very fortunate to have missed the Depression and the war. Maj. Lamoureux, who will be buried in Sorel on Friday, leaves three sons, Jean, Pierre and Jacques, and four grandchildren.
Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Paru dans : Le Journal de Montréal
Family man, war hero served as Gentleman Usher for 23 years.
Leading an attack against German forces on April 24, 1944 at Hammrich, Germany, Maj. Charles-Rock Lamoureux of the Régiment de la Chaudière saw things weren't going well. Maj. Lamoureux, who served as the Senate's Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1947-70 - a key ceremonial and administrative position - was commanding a rifle company when he saw his attack was in danger of bogging down. The Germans had opened fire on his troops and the intensity of the fire forced the Chaudières to take cover. After a few minutes, Maj. Lamoureux seized the initiative by striding to the middle of the shell-swept road and personally rallying his infantry- his comrades knew him as "men. For encouraging his man, leading the charge against the enemy, ignoring a wound and capturing his objective, Maj. Lamoureux was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry in action.
Charles-Rock Lamoureux, who died in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2000, was born in Sorel, Québec, on March 28 1909. After moving to Montreal at an early age with his parents, he worked in the insurance business before obtaining a commission with the Régiment de Maisonneuve in April 1940. He later transferred to the Chaudières in 1941 where is comrades knew him as "Rocky". After fighting through France, Blegium, Holland and into Germany, Maj. Lamoureux was wounded again - a piece of shrapnel in his brain that paralysed his right side.
After the war, Maj. Lamoureux was back working in the insurance business when he got a telephone call in January 1947 from the office of prime minister Mackenzie King. Maj. Lamoureux was being considered for the post of the Senate's Gentlemen Usher of the Black Rod, which traces its roots back 600 years to the early parliaments of English history. It was at the time given to officers with a distinguished was record who had been left disabled.
Over the next 23 years, Maj. Lamoureux, who married Janine Blain on May 10, 1947, was at the centre of all the federal government's great state occasions. As Black Rod, he helped organize tradition-rich events such as the opening of Parliament, the installation of Governors general and royal occasions when the Queen visited Canada.
On Oct. 14, 1957, Maj. Lamoureux, dressed in his traditional black uniform and carrying the ornate black rod, stood a few feet to the left of the Queen as she read the speech from the throne in the Senate to open Parliament. It was the first time a Canadian sovereign had done so in person. Described by one of his sons, Jean, as a family man, Maj. Lamoureux resigned his position in 1970 because of his nervousness at state occasions. "He was always afraid that his paralysed right leg would give out during official ceremonies." Maj. Lamoureux was a religious man who loved the arts, chess and literature. He also enjoyed being with his family, said Mr. Lamoureux. "He was a reserved man. He appreciated life after the war because he experienced the horrors of war. He used to tell us that were very fortunate to have missed the Depression and the war. Maj. Lamoureux, who will be buried in Sorel on Friday, leaves three sons, Jean, Pierre and Jacques, and four grandchildren.
Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Wednesday, February 16, 2000
LAMOUREUX, Charles-Roch D.S.O., Major (retraité) À Ottawa, le 13 février 2000, à l'âge de 90 ans, est décédé Charles-Roch Lamoureux, fils de feu Omer Lamoureux et de feu Maria Côté, époux de feu Janine Blain. Il laisse dans le deuil ses fils: le Dr Pierre (Nancy Macdonald), Jean et Jacques (Doris Simoneau), ses petits-enfants: Mijanou, Marianne, Caroline et Anik de même qu'un cousin et des nièces. Pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, il servit outre-mer avec le Régiment de la Chaudière. Gentilhomme Huissier de la Verge Noire, au Sénat de 1947 à 1970, il fut aussi Président et membre à vie de l'Institut cana de la Légion royale canadienne d tawa. Notre papa repose chez: Racine, Robert & Gauthier 300, rue Ofmstead, Manier Heures de visite: le mercredi 16 février 2000 de 14 à 17 h et de 19 à 21 h. Les funérailles auront lieu le jeudi 17 février à 11 h, en l'église de la Nativité-de-Notre-Seigneur, 355 rue Acton à Ottawa. Incinération puis inhumation à Sorel. Au lieu de fleurs, un don à la charité de votre choix, serait apprécié.
Paru dans : Le Journal de Montréal
Family man, war hero served as Gentleman Usher for 23 years.
Leading an attack against German forces on April 24, 1944 at Hammrich, Germany, Maj. Charles-Rock Lamoureux of the Régiment de la Chaudière saw things weren't going well. Maj. Lamoureux, who served as the Senate's Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1947-70 - a key ceremonial and administrative position - was commanding a rifle company when he saw his attack was in danger of bogging down. The Germans had opened fire on his troops and the intensity of the fire forced the Chaudières to take cover. After a few minutes, Maj. Lamoureux seized the initiative by striding to the middle of the shell-swept road and personally rallying his infantry- his comrades knew him as "men. For encouraging his man, leading the charge against the enemy, ignoring a wound and capturing his objective, Maj. Lamoureux was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry in action.
Charles-Rock Lamoureux, who died in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2000, was born in Sorel, Québec, on March 28 1909. After moving to Montreal at an early age with his parents, he worked in the insurance business before obtaining a commission with the Régiment de Maisonneuve in April 1940. He later transferred to the Chaudières in 1941 where is comrades knew him as "Rocky". After fighting through France, Blegium, Holland and into Germany, Maj. Lamoureux was wounded again - a piece of shrapnel in his brain that paralysed his right side.
After the war, Maj. Lamoureux was back working in the insurance business when he got a telephone call in January 1947 from the office of prime minister Mackenzie King. Maj. Lamoureux was being considered for the post of the Senate's Gentlemen Usher of the Black Rod, which traces its roots back 600 years to the early parliaments of English history. It was at the time given to officers with a distinguished was record who had been left disabled.
Over the next 23 years, Maj. Lamoureux, who married Janine Blain on May 10, 1947, was at the centre of all the federal government's great state occasions. As Black Rod, he helped organize tradition-rich events such as the opening of Parliament, the installation of Governors general and royal occasions when the Queen visited Canada.
On Oct. 14, 1957, Maj. Lamoureux, dressed in his traditional black uniform and carrying the ornate black rod, stood a few feet to the left of the Queen as she read the speech from the throne in the Senate to open Parliament. It was the first time a Canadian sovereign had done so in person. Described by one of his sons, Jean, as a family man, Maj. Lamoureux resigned his position in 1970 because of his nervousness at state occasions. "He was always afraid that his paralysed right leg would give out during official ceremonies." Maj. Lamoureux was a religious man who loved the arts, chess and literature. He also enjoyed being with his family, said Mr. Lamoureux. "He was a reserved man. He appreciated life after the war because he experienced the horrors of war. He used to tell us that were very fortunate to have missed the Depression and the war. Maj. Lamoureux, who will be buried in Sorel on Friday, leaves three sons, Jean, Pierre and Jacques, and four grandchildren.
Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Paru dans : Le Journal de Montréal
Family man, war hero served as Gentleman Usher for 23 years.
Leading an attack against German forces on April 24, 1944 at Hammrich, Germany, Maj. Charles-Rock Lamoureux of the Régiment de la Chaudière saw things weren't going well. Maj. Lamoureux, who served as the Senate's Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod from 1947-70 - a key ceremonial and administrative position - was commanding a rifle company when he saw his attack was in danger of bogging down. The Germans had opened fire on his troops and the intensity of the fire forced the Chaudières to take cover. After a few minutes, Maj. Lamoureux seized the initiative by striding to the middle of the shell-swept road and personally rallying his infantry- his comrades knew him as "men. For encouraging his man, leading the charge against the enemy, ignoring a wound and capturing his objective, Maj. Lamoureux was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his gallantry in action.
Charles-Rock Lamoureux, who died in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2000, was born in Sorel, Québec, on March 28 1909. After moving to Montreal at an early age with his parents, he worked in the insurance business before obtaining a commission with the Régiment de Maisonneuve in April 1940. He later transferred to the Chaudières in 1941 where is comrades knew him as "Rocky". After fighting through France, Blegium, Holland and into Germany, Maj. Lamoureux was wounded again - a piece of shrapnel in his brain that paralysed his right side.
After the war, Maj. Lamoureux was back working in the insurance business when he got a telephone call in January 1947 from the office of prime minister Mackenzie King. Maj. Lamoureux was being considered for the post of the Senate's Gentlemen Usher of the Black Rod, which traces its roots back 600 years to the early parliaments of English history. It was at the time given to officers with a distinguished was record who had been left disabled.
Over the next 23 years, Maj. Lamoureux, who married Janine Blain on May 10, 1947, was at the centre of all the federal government's great state occasions. As Black Rod, he helped organize tradition-rich events such as the opening of Parliament, the installation of Governors general and royal occasions when the Queen visited Canada.
On Oct. 14, 1957, Maj. Lamoureux, dressed in his traditional black uniform and carrying the ornate black rod, stood a few feet to the left of the Queen as she read the speech from the throne in the Senate to open Parliament. It was the first time a Canadian sovereign had done so in person. Described by one of his sons, Jean, as a family man, Maj. Lamoureux resigned his position in 1970 because of his nervousness at state occasions. "He was always afraid that his paralysed right leg would give out during official ceremonies." Maj. Lamoureux was a religious man who loved the arts, chess and literature. He also enjoyed being with his family, said Mr. Lamoureux. "He was a reserved man. He appreciated life after the war because he experienced the horrors of war. He used to tell us that were very fortunate to have missed the Depression and the war. Maj. Lamoureux, who will be buried in Sorel on Friday, leaves three sons, Jean, Pierre and Jacques, and four grandchildren.
Source: The Ottawa Citizen, Wednesday, February 16, 2000
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