Mary Packet
1928 - 2023

The family of Mary Denise Packet of Regina, Sask. is saddened to announce her passing on March 19, 2023, at the age of 94 years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Omere; her parents: Arthur and Elodie Watteyne (De Wulf); brother Maurice Watteyne (Rollie); sisters: Beatrice Parent (George) and Elsie Verhelst; sister-in-law Laurie Watteyne, and brother-in-law Gus DePape.

Mary leaves to mourn her five children: Laurette (Charles) Standish, Doris (Dave) Mead, James (Deborah) Packet, Eileen Packet (Dean Leach), and Colleen (Allan) Messer; brother Gerard Watteyne; brother-in-law Marcel Verhelst; sister-in-law Gabrielle DePape; ten grandchildren, nineteen great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter, as well as extended family members and numerous nieces and nephews.

Prayers were held on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. at Hall Funeral Services, 1506 4th Street, Estevan, Sask., with Connie Wheeler officiating. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. at St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, Estevan, with Rev. Sathiadas Antony the celebrant. Everyone was invited to join family for a time of lunch and fellowship in the parish hall, immediately following the service. The Rite of Committal took place later in the day with immediate family present, at Sacred Heart Parish Cemetery, Benson, Sask.

Donations in memory of Mary may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada, 100 - 119 14th Street NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z6 or online at https://www.heartandstroke.ca/.

Hall Funeral Services in Estevan provided care to the Packet family - Dustin Hall, Funeral Director.