On the morning of August 15, 2022, Alain passed away peacefully in his sleep. He spent his final days surrounded by his loving family, which brought him so much joy and peace. Al was born on October 1, 1943 at the St. Boniface Hospital, and was the 7th of 8 children born to Marie and Raphael Lauze. He is predeceased by his mother and father, brother Dennis (Liz), sister Mariette, and brother in laws Babe and Johnny. He is survived by his wife Michele; children Jason (Sally), Kelli (AJ), Lynn (Jeremy) and their mother Shirley, Michael (Tiffanie), and Jill; grandchildren Amelie, Aiden, Jayden, Rafe, Alyson, and Jase, siblings Jeannine, Claude (Doris), Armelle, Marie, Robert (Clara), brother-in-law Leo, and many nieces and nephews.
Al grew up in St. Norbert, Manitoba before the family moved to St. Boniface when he was a teenager. Following in his father’s footsteps, Al worked at Modern Dairies Ltd as a young man (mostly for the chocolate ice cream), and then at Robinson, Little and Company, before beginning his long career with Winnipeg Transit. Outside of work, Al dedicated much of his free time to playing, coaching, and watching sports. When he wasn’t participating in sports you could find him at the Glenwood Community Center volunteering his time in any way he could. Al had a love of music (especially country), sitting around a campfire or kitchen singing along to his favorite songs, and playing crib.
On August 13, just two short days before his passing Al got to have one last hooray, that he had been waiting for with all of his kids and almost all his Grandkids at his home in Pinawa. His world famous Louisiana ribs were made, his favorite songs were sung and many, many, many lame Lauze jokes were shared by all. He will be missed by everyone that had the pleasure of knowing him. “I’ll get a place in heaven sir and sell the gospel news.”
The family would like to offer sincere thanks to the team at the HSC Home Hemo-Dialysis Unit as well as Dr. Bruneau and the nurses/staff at the Pinawa Hospital. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Diabetes Canada, or the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.
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Mike & Wendy
Michele and family Wendy and I are very sorry for your loss. Alain was a kind thoughtful man, he always had a joke or something funny to say. Alain will be missed by all that knew him.
Dorothy Cafferty
Saddened to here of your loss it was a pleasure to know Alain and the chats we used to have Jim My Husband would stop after walking the dog and have a chat with Alain my Thought are with your Family Rest Well Dear man God Bless
Larry and Debi
Michele, Mike, Tiffany and all Al’s family
Larry and I send our sincere condolences for your loss.
We’ll cherish the short but memorable time we spent in Brandon with Al and Mike.
Prayers and many many hugs to all
Love
Larry and Debi
Cheryl Fletcher
Remembering Al as our Brother-in-law many years ago. It was always fun to be with him and his family whether at the farm or camping or tubing. I know his family grew and I’m sorry we didn’t get to know his new wife and children.Our condolences to all of his family.May he rest in peace!Love from Uncle Nei and Aunt Cheryl
The Oliveira Family
So sorry to hear of your loss Michele and family.
Penny
Will miss Al at crib . Sincere condolences to you Michelle and family.
Gayle Blair
Michele and family,
So sorry for your loss. We are thinking of you and sending hugs your way.
The Blair family
Bill and Arlene Boivin
Our deepest sympathy to Michelle and family – always enjoyed playing crib against Al and Dwayne especially the odd times we won. He will be missed.
Linda and Ed Huisman
Al was such a good friend! He helped run the Pinawa Cribbage Club for many years. And we enjoyed many happy games at home. Our love goes out to you all!
Bev Dougall
Sincere condolences to you and your family Michelle
Jo-Ann Jones
So sorry to hear of Alain’s death. I only knew him for a short time through cribbage here in Pinawa. But I appreciated so very much his kindness and gentle manner. He was a lovely man and he will be missed.
Gustars
Deepest condolences Michele, Mike and family.
Doug & Lisa Baty
Our most sincere condolences to Michelle, Mike and Jill and all of Al’s family. He was a fine man and a good neighbor to us in Pinawa. RIP Al.
Doug and Lisa Baty
Ruth and Lorne Derksen
Our sincere condolences to Michelle and family on the passing of Al. We remember him well from our time in Pinawa. We played many enjoyable games of cribbage with he and Duane. Rest in peace Al.
Rita Vernaus
Michelle and family, our sincere condolences. So sorry for your loss. Sending hugs your way. Xx
Diane Lavallee
Kelli, A.J. and family
My deepest condolences to you and the family.
I had the pleasure of meeting your Dad at one of your birthday gatherings and could feel the joy from him for being able to share in your celebration. He always was smiling, very kind and soft spoken and I could tell how much he loved being around his family.
So happy he was able to see his whole family in his final days, what a beautiful tribute to your Dad
Cherish those memories
Sending Hugs and prayers
Diane Lavallee
Fred & Lola Bilsky
So sorry to hear this news. Sending our condolences to Michelle and family