Priest, community activist.
Born at St. Boniface on 1 June 1900, one of ten children of meat merchant Pierre Couture (1862-1936) and Philomene Cusson (1862-1934), he became a Roman Catholic priest and served at the Belgian Sacred Heart Church (1928). He founded one of Manitoba’s first credit unions, in 1938. He died at the St. Boniface Hospital on 10 September 1975 and was buried in the St. Boniface Cathedral Cemetery.
Marriage registration [Pierre Couture, Philomene Cusson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [Joseph Jean Adelard Couture], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Philomine Couture, Pierre Couture], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Obituary [Mrs. Pierre Couture], Winnipeg Tribune, 3 November 1934, page 4.
Obituary, Winnipeg Free Press, 11 September 1975, page 39.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 20 April 2025
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