Dueck – Jeanette Mae Dueck (Zacharias), beloved wife of Arlen Dueck, passed away in Chestermere on Wednesday, March 4th, 2020 at the age of 49 years. “Jeanie” to everyone she met, was born in Brooks, Alberta just after midnight, on July 19th, 1970. She grew up in Rosemary where she attended school and made friends easily. Jeanie graduated from High School in 1988. She went on to attend Lethbridge Community College where she received her diploma in Child and Youth Care in 1990. She quickly decided that this was not the career for her. She moved to Kelowna in 1992 where she took her first Boston Pizza job and discovered that waitressing suited her. She continued enjoying her Boston Pizza career for 27 years. Jeanie devoted a lot of time to her cherished Yellow Labs, Jaxx and Rodie, who were nicknamed the “yellow boys”. Even when she no longer had her own dogs to care for, she dogsat as much as possible, keeping up to three dogs at a time. Children were very attracted to her and Jeanie’s nieces and nephews always looked forward to visiting with Jeanie, as she always had special and thoughtful treats for them. Jeanie and Arlen attended school together and dated briefly, but decided that they were not meant for each other. Later, they were proved wrong as they met at their 20th high school reunion and felt the spark revive. Jeanie was married to Arlen Dueck on March 12th, 2011 and enjoyed life in Chestermere, Alberta. Jeanie and Arlen loved to camp and travel together, especially enjoying their leased campsite in Okotoks where they spent many weekends together over the last two summers. Jeanie is lovingly remembered by her husband Arlen Dueck; parents Ed and Marg Zacharias of Rosemary; sister Bev Johnson of Rosemary, niece Nikki (Joel) Johnson, nephew Brock (Savanah) Johnson, great niece Harlow; brother Dwight (Sharon) Zacharias of Rosemary, nephews Reegan Zacharias and Ryder Zacharias; parents-in-law Irvin and Rosalind Dueck of Brooks; brother-in-law Brent (Alana) Dueck of Ponoka, nephew Ethan Dueck, niece Kayla Dueck; brother-in-law Darsen (Jody) Dueck of Brooks, nephews Jalen Dueck and Taren Dueck; sister-in-law Jaynette Dueck of Brooks; Marie Kamba of Brooks; honorary nieces Daphne Okito and Suzan Kamba; honorary nephew Alexander Kamba and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 11th at 2:00 PM from the Rosemary Mennonite Church. Rev. Lorne Willms and Mr. Ben Nickel officiating. Interment at Rosemary Cemetery. In memory of Jeanie, if friends desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to Alberta Animal Rescue Crew Society, 5060 – 74 Avenue, Calgary, Alberta T2C 3C9.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to:
SMITH FUNERAL HOME LTD. AND CREMATORIUM
BROOKS, ALBERTA
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