Joan "Marie" (Gauthier) Howatt

“Surrender gracefully to the passing of the years”

On March 30, 2026, Joan “Marie” Howatt (née Gauthier) of Charlottetown, formerly of South Freetown, passed away peacefully with family by her side.

She will be lovingly remembered by her children: Stephen Howatt (Kelley McGuire), Jane Craswell, and Tricia Thompson; grandchildren: Emily (Cailin), Sarah (Ayden), Jesse, Brenna, Abby, and Evie; great-grandchildren: Maris, Arlo, Tully, and Nieve; brother Paul Gauthier (Helena); sister Yvonne Hercus (Denny, deceased); and sister-in-law Jeanne Gauthier-MacKenzie (Gerard - deceased), sister-in-law Sheliagh (Arthur - deceased).

She was predeceased by her brothers: Gerard and Arthur and her parents: Emily May Gauthier (née LeClair) and Jean Elmer Gauthier.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Belvedere Funeral Home. In lieu of a service, we will celebrate her memory by continuing her work of giving, loving, and serving one another.  Donations can be made in Marie’s name to the International Children’s Memorial Place at Scales Pond; please mail cheques to PO Box 136, Kinkora, PE C0B 1N0 or send e-transfers to ICMPjeannette@gmail.com

“For it is in giving that we receive,

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,

and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.”