Rebecca "Beckie" Julia Lemaire's Obituary
Rebecca “Beckie” Julia Lemaire, age 79, departed this life Monday, August 18 at Renaissance Healthcare, Millsboro, due to complications from a stroke. Beckie who was born to the late Frank and Esther Small was a graduate of Rehoboth High School. In September, 1953 Beckie married her sweetheart Albert “Reds” Lemaire and they remained in Rehoboth Beach where they lived and raised their family.
Beckie, who loved to cook and to entertain, was lucky enough to be taught how to cook Chinese cuisine by the late Bob Ching, owner of the long-ago local restaurant of the same name. Her love of Christmas and making picture-perfect memories for her family was surpassed only by her love and affection for children. When Beckie’s youngest daughter adopted a child, Beckie flew to Guatemala and stayed for six weeks until they were able to bring her granddaughter home.
After Beckie’s retirement as a department manager for the A & P Company, she and her husband traveled extensively in their motor home. Highlights of her travel included three cross-country trips, white water rafting down the San Juan River, and riding mules down the Grand Canyon. Her children and grandchildren delight in that she was, in 1950, Rehoboth’s Halloween Queen and in stories that she was one of the “belles” of Rehoboth Beach.
Beckie is survived by her husband of 60 years, Albert R. Lemaire of Milton, a sister, Frances Myers Moore of Millsboro, a brother Frank B. Small of Lewes, daughters Melissa Jackewicz of Rehoboth Beach, Mandy Paradee of Millsboro, Mimi Morris (Chet) of Missoula, Montana, nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
A Celebration of Beckie’s Life will be held on Monday, October 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM at All Saints Episcopal Church, 18 Olive Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, DE. Interment will be private.
Memorial contributions in Beckie’s memory may be made to her favorite charity, The Salvation Army, Attn: Use for Sussex County, P.O. Box 1304, Millsboro, DE 19966.
Please sign Beckie’s guestbook located on this site.
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