Born May 25th, 1930@ Notre-Dame du Bon Conseil- Drummond, Quebec. The youngest one in a family of seven - 4 sisters and 2 brothers. Life on a farm was quite pleasant. Lucie attended primary and elementary school until 1944. Her only teachers were her eldest sisters. Growing up, church was very important in the home. In 1944 Lucie attended Normal School in Nicholet for 3 years and obtained a complimentary diploma allowing her to teach school, which she did for 2 years. It was in a primitive building with no running water, no electricity, no indoor toilets and no blinds on the windows. It was a one room building where she had to chop wood to feed the wood stove. There she taught 20 students from grade 1 through grade 10. It was a mission that she loved but, in her heart, dreamt of being a nurse. So, in September 1949, Lucie entered the school of nursing at Holy Cross Hospital in Drummondville Quebec. The training lasted 3 years. In June of 1952 after writing exams at the University of Montreal, Lucie was proud to call herself "Nurse Lucie Audet", her dream had been fulfilled.

Lucie worked in Holy Cross Hospital for one year.  Wanting to broaden her horizons and learn the English language, she showed up in Biggar with another nurse on August 29th, 1953. The Grey Nuns welcomed the two of them with open arms. This made the adjustment easier. It was the old Hospital on 7th Ave. West - St. Margaret's Hospital, that Lucie was employed until 1994, with the name being changed during that time to the Biggar Union Hospital, in 1976. 

In 1954 Lucie had her first experience of travelling overseas to visit her oldest sister. In those three months while in France and Italy, Lucie developed the taste for traveling around the planet. France, Italy, Spain, London, Europe and many small countries were not new to Lucie as she had the opportunity to be there on several occasions. Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, Los Angeles and Florida. Then came the cream of the crop!! A trip around the world for 7 weeks! This was a real eye opener for Lucie.  It was 1988, and all these new exotic cities were fascinating. Bali is one of the top of the jewels she visited! Then it was back to Canada to the Biggar Hospital where she became the Director of nursing from 1974 - 1994....an experience that gave her the ability to travel!!

Lucie got married in 1956 to Joseph Arsene de Bussac. Lucie and Joe had 4 children

- Normand, Raymond, Odette and Joel.

Lucie lived in the town of Biggar until 1968 when the family moved to the farm. "If I look back, life was rather trying - not much money, small farm not producing much.  I thank the good Lord today for my career in nursing. It allowed us to put bread on the table and pay the bills. In 1968, we decided to move to our farm about 1 mile west of town to raise cattle and give the children more space to develop taste for the countryside. In 1974,  I lost my husband - he died of cancer - life did not get any easier for many years. The children left home - Raymond for technical school in refrigeration and air conditioning, Joel went into power engineering and Odette to secretarial school. Normand joined the crew on the CNR and was trying to make the best in farming and raising cattle. Today, he seems to have succeeded but nature also has lots to do with harvesting good crops!!"

After moving off the farm and back to her house in Biggar, Lucie’s taste for other sights and opportunities to experience drove her to join the Nightingale Nursing Group and the next 12 years (1994-2006) were such a rewarding time - Carmacks in the Yukon, Kugluktuk, Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Coral Harbour, Pelly Bay and Whale Cove....all villages in Nunavut. Lucie also went to several communities in northern Saskatchewan and did nursing in the Health Centres in many mining sites. Maclean, Cigar Lake, Cluff Lake, McArthur...just to name a few. These were fulfilling years for Lucie as she was winding down her nursing career.

Lucie took the time to tour the Holy Land with a group from the Lay Formation Program from which she graduated from in 1991 - so exciting for her. Her faith was one of her many passions.

After her nursing career ended in 2006, she thought she would take on "retirement" and felt it was time to ''relax'' at home at the tender age of 76! She soon found that living so close to her church, her time was devoted to helping with many different aspects of the ministries.

Lucie was predeceased by her husband Joe (Joseph) de Bussac, her parents Ephrem and Leonie Audet, sisters Hermine, Madeleine, Simone, Clotilde and brothers Dominique, Damien and Leonard.

Lucie is survived by her loving family Normand (Carolyn) de Bussac,  Jenni(Philippe) Jan-King and family, and Devin Nahorney and family

Raymond (Margaret) de Bussac and family, Odette (Barry) Sagon - Blair (Linda) and family, Christopher (Sarah) and family, Theresa Sagon (Ian) and family. Joel (Jackie) de Bussac and Anna.

"Curam Illius Habe" - (Take care of her) - how fitting to close with Lucie's motto in life.