Jeanine Beaubien (nee Charbonneau on 5 July 1919) passed away peacefully at her home at Ambiance Residence on l'Île-des-Soeurs in Montreal surrounded by her family and children.

Wife of the late Claude Panet Beaubien, she is survived by her sister Mireille, her brother Jean-Paul, her children Claude Panet, Jeannine (Joaquin Duque), Jean-Pierre Luc (Jennifer Kemeny), Andrew (deceased in 1975), her 8 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.

She was received Member of the Order of Canada in 1974, Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2004 and Dr. Honoris Causa from Bishops University in 1975.

She founded the Montreal International Theater “La Poudrière” on Île Ste-Hélène in 1957. Her extensive artistic career spanned Canada for many years.

Involved in many social and political projects, she was co-founder and an active member of the Montreal Alzheimer’s Society.

Visitations will be held on
Thursday, March 10 at the funerary complex Urgel Bourgie Mont-Royal,
1255, avenue Beaumont, T.M.R. H3P 3J1,
in the afternoon from 2 to 5 pm and in the evening from 7 to 9 pm.

The funeral will be held the next day, Friday, March 11 at 3 pm at the Church St-Léon de Westmount, 4311 de Maisonneuve Blvd., H3Z 1L1

Sympathy may be expressed by donations to the Alzheimer Society of Montreal, 4505 Notre-Dame St. West, Montreal, Qc.