Monica Theriault, 81

Monica Theriault of Coeur d’Alene passed away peacefully, Tuesday morning, June 9, 2020, with her family by her side due to complications of glioblastoma. Monica was born in Dublin, Ireland, on Feb. 8, 1939. She moved to Toronto, Canada, with her family as a teenager in 1957. It was in Toronto that she met and married her husband, Theo Theriault, in 1959. The couple moved to Southern California in 1960 and raised three sons in Oxnard. She moved to Coeur d’Alene in 2015.

Monica was always actively involved in the local dance scene wherever she lived, first as an Irish dancer in Ireland, and later as a country-western dancer in the United States.

Monica was preceded in death by her husband, Theo, in 1992 and is survived by her three sons and their wives, Greg and Linda, Wayne and Tina and Paul and Michelle; five grandchildren, Kelsey, Chad, Nicholas, Sean and Ian Theriault; two brothers, Andrew and Paul Larkin; one sister, Gwen Ortiz; and longtime companion, Ernie Johnson.

The family would like to thank the staff of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Neurosurgery Center, the Kootenai Idaho Health Center and Hospice of Northern Idaho for their excellent support. Due to Covid19 restrictions, memorial services will be held in Southern California and will be announced on Facebook at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests any donations be made to Hospice of Northern Idaho, 2290 W. Prairie Ave., Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815.

Yates Funeral Home is entrusted with final arrangements. Please visit Monica’s online memorial and sign her guest book at www.yatesfuneralhomes.com.