{"id":5020,"date":"2020-04-22T13:35:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T17:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2020-04-22T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T17:35:04","slug":"antoinette-claire-myrtha-celifie-died-peacefully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/?p=5020","title":{"rendered":"(Antoinette Claire) Myrtha C\u00e9lifi\u00e9&#8230;, died peacefully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>OBITUAIRE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Another victim of COVID-19<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">(Antoinette Claire) Myrtha C\u00e9lifi\u00e9, born on February 13, 1929 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, died peacefully at the hospice of Northwestern Hospital in McHenry, IL. on April 19, 2020, to be with the Lord Jesus Christ, after a courageous battle with Coronavirus, while surrounded by love from her family. A member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, in Johnsburg, IL, Myrtha C\u00e9lifi\u00e9, 91 years old, is an immeasurable loss for all who loved her so much.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A modern-day renaissance woman, her talents as a seamstress of Haute Couture, were surpassed only by her ability to develop deep interpersonal relationships forged by unconditional love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She was the beloved mother of V. Pearl Schnur (Brian Miller,) William Juste (Jessy,) Camille Schwendener, Enide Deniz\u00e9 (Rudolf), Lucie Bastami, Gary Juste (Corrine), Ernest Lamothe (Maryse) and Rudy Lamothe (Margareth.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is also survived by 23 grandchildren, 28 great grand-children, one great great grand-child, husbands Andr\u00e9 Juste and Andr\u00e9 Lamothe, sister Ginette Rivi\u00e8re, brother George C\u00e9lifi\u00e9 Jr, numerous nieces and nephews as well as friends. She will be missed by many, but never forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">She is reunited with her parents, George and Mariella Celifi\u00e9, her brothers Guy and G\u00e9rard C\u00e9lifi\u00e9, her husbands Andr\u00e9 Juste and Andr\u00e9 Lamothe as well as her children Frederick Juste and Nixon Lamothe, and also her great grandchild Justin Desmangles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A private blessing will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 27, at Justen Funeral Home and Crematory in McHenry. While this service is limited to Myrtha\u2019s immediate family, live streaming will be available with the following link : <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/client.tribucast.com\/tcid\/62%20375435\">http:\/\/client.tribucast.com\/tcid\/62 375435<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held later in Johnsburg, Ill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If the day were full of challenges, she would remind us to <strong>\u201cBe still and know that God is in control!\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In lieu of flowers, memorials in her name may be directed to COVID-19. Donate at <\/strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvision.org\">www.worldvision.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For information, please call the funeral home at 815-385- 2400, or visit www.justenfh.com, where friends and loved ones may share memories with the family on Myrtha\u2019s tribute wall<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cet article est publi\u00e9 par l&rsquo;hebdomadaire Ha\u00efti-Observateur, <strong>VOL. L No.15<\/strong>\u00a0<em>New-York<\/em>, \u00e9dition du 22 avril 2020 et se trouve en <strong>P.12<\/strong> \u00e0 : <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H-O-22-april-2020-1.pdf\">http:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H-O-22-april-2020-1.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OBITUAIRE Another victim of COVID-19 (Antoinette Claire) Myrtha C\u00e9lifi\u00e9, born on February 13, 1929 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, died peacefully at the hospice of Northwestern Hospital in McHenry, IL. on April 19, 2020, to be with the Lord Jesus Christ, after&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,53],"tags":[595,788,1389,1495,2338,2780,2883],"class_list":["post-5020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-necrologie","category-usa","tag-celifie","tag-covid-19","tag-ginette","tag-haiti-observateur","tag-obituaire","tag-riviere","tag-schnur"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haiti-observateur.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}