IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS AND A DEEP GRATITUDE FOR A LIFE WELL LIVED, THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PEACEFUL PASSING OF OUR MOTHER RUBETTE CHAMPAINE ON JULY 29, 2026, AT THE AGE OF 83. BORN ON FEBRUARY 15, 1943, TO DOUGLAS AND DORTHY ELLIS OUR MOM WAS FULL OF LOVE AND KINDNESS. EVERYBODY WHO KNEW HER LOVED HER, HER LIFE WAS DEVOTED TO BOTH HER FAMILY, FRIENDS AND HER DEEP FAITH. SHE WAS A PRAYER WARRIOR PRAYING FOR THOSE IN NEED. SHE LOVED WORKING IN HER YARD, SHOPPING, GOLFING AND DOING EMBROIDERY IN HER DOWNTIME. HER LEGACY IS CARRIED ON BY HER DAUGHTER'S CINDY FERNANDEZ AND PAMELA BOSSERT. MOM LOVED HER FAMILY. SHE WAS BLESSED WITH FIVE GRANDDAUGHTERS, ONE GRANDSON AND 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED FOR HER GENTLE SPIRIT, HER DEVOTION TO HER FAITH AND HER LOVE FOR THE LORD. AS WE SAY GOODBYE TO OUR MOM, LET US CELEBRATE HER LIFE SHE LED AND THE LIFE SHE TOUCHED. LET HER MEMORY BE A BLESSING TO ALL WHO KNEW HER. EXODUS 23:20 BEHOLD! I AM SENDING AN ANGEL AHEAD OF YOU TO GUARD YOU ALONG THE WAY AND TO BRING YOU TO THE PLACE I HAVE PREPARED.