By Nigel Maxwell

Young mother now deceased remembered as happy and passionate about career

Sep 6, 2016 | 6:00 AM

A young woman’s death in Prince Albert, a little more than two weeks ago, is being described as “heart breaking” by one woman who knew her very well.

Annette St. Germaine is the godmother of Dena Bruneau, the woman who was found dead at a residence in the 800 block of Fourth St. E. on Aug. 21, 2016.

Prince Albert Police Service have not released the cause of death, but St. Germaine told paNOW Bruneau died tragically.

“Dena had worked the night before and she didn’t have any sleep all day Saturday, and she went and ran herself a nice hot bath, fell asleep, slipped under the water and drowned,” St. Germaine said.

Bruneau had moved back to Prince Albert from Shellbrook in March and worked with the Prince Albert Group Homes Society.

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“She absolutely found her calling, she absolutely loved her job and just to see her so happy about what she was doing is just really heart breaking” St. Germaine said.

Bruneau leaves behind three young sons, ranging in age from three to 14-years-old.

A gofundme page with a goal of $25,000 has now been set up to help the family pay for funeral costs and to help support the boys. 

“We’ve really realized through this whole process how expensive a funeral can be, and we wanted to have everything for her because she was such a beautiful human being,” St. Germaine said.

The cost of the funeral late last month was in the area of $10,000 and Bruneau has not yet been physically buried.  The family had her body cremated.

St. Germaine said in addition to paying for the funeral, she would also like to start trust funds for Bruneau’s sons.

Looking back on the day of her godchild’s death, St. Germaine said the support from the community and family was incredible.

‘The neighbours were there for my aunt until my uncle got there,” she said.  “My relatives from Alberta came down and we just really rallied around our Aunt (Bruneau’s mother) to give her that support,” she said.

She said Bruneau’s second oldest son is living with his father in Edmonton.  The other two boys are staying with their grandmother.

nmaxwell@panow.com

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