- Date Of Birth: February 2, 1921
- Date Of Death: November 2, 2017
- State: New York
Mimose, or Mimine, as she was affectionately known, was born Rose Margueritte Mimose Pinckombe on February 2nd, 1921, in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. She was the daughter of Mr. Emmanuel Pinckombe and his wife Athalie Vieux-Pinckombe; the eldest of eight children. Mimose completed her Secondary Education at age 16 and immediately began working as a legal secretary in the Justice Department in Haiti, during the administration of President Stenio Vincent in 1937. She was young and inexperienced with government administration, but very intelligent, independent, open minded and willing to learn from several notable mentors including her mother Athalie. Although Mimose was not tenured she continued working through the administration of President Elie Lest (1941-1946). She was eventually appointed to her official post as Legal Secretary, by President Dumarsai Estime (1946-1950) and continued her career under several more Presidents including Paul Magloire (1950-1956) and Francois Duvalier (1957-1965) when her tenure ended as the Administrative Assistant to the Director of Haiti’s School of Agriculture.
In 1965 Mimose emigrated to New York with her three children Raymond Jr., Betty aka Modupe, and Ronald Jean-Pierre to join her ex- husband Raymond Jean-Pierre Sr. Though they divorced before leaving Haiti, Mimose and Raymond Sr., remained very close up until Raymond Sr.’s death in 1972. Mimose married twice; she first married Gonel Lochard, the father of her eldest child Ms. Janine Kali Lochard (now deceased), however as many knew Raymond Sr., was the love of her life.
After moving to New York, Mimose taught herself to speak English, but was not considered qualified for the same job opportunities that had been made available to her in Haiti. Mimose did not let those challenges keep her from supporting herself and her children; she took a job as a domestic worker, a profession from which she retired in 1989 to care for her grandaughter Tanagna Payne. Throughout her life Mimose cared for many of her grandchildren, both adopted and biological. She was a caring, beautiful, strong, immovable force of nature. She loved, and was loved very deeply.
Mimose is survived by: Her children, Raymond, Betty aka Modupe and Ronald; her grandchildren: Gontran Durocher, Naomi Bostic, Mandisa Jean-Pierre, Abolaji Alexander, Edo Young, Candra Simon, Fatimah Payne, Janine Simon, Omari Jean-Pierre, Tanagna Payne, Cheikh -Ibrahim Diop, Khadijah Mimose Diop, Yasinta Jean-Pierre, Meeka Jean-Pierre, Yasmine Jean-Pierre. Her great grandchildren: Kaj, Osahar-Sundiata Miller, Aviel Alexander, Mamello Cole, Asher Alexander, Amara Young, Jair Alexander, Kayaan-Idris Miller, Kalyani-Itara Miller, Masego; her two younger sisters Madeleine Pinckombe and Marie-Therese Lolagne; her many neices and nephews Lisa Lolagne, Max Lolagne, Renee Lolagne, Marie Lolagne, Tommy Lolagn, Philip Lolagne, Ronel Lolagne, Gyslaine Pinckombe, Edwidge Pinckombe, Ricardo Pinckombe, Vivianne Beauliere, Fritz Pinckombe Jr, Christina Pinckombe, Geneva Pinckombe, and their families. In addition to the children she birthed, she was a mother to Raymond Sr’s children from previous marriages. Mimose is survived by children of deceased Francia Jean-Pierre, Astrid, Jessie, Hans Schettini, Sean Jean-Pierre, Marielande Emile; children of deceased Pascal Jean-Pierre, Florelle Jean-Pierre, and Pascal Jean-Pierre Junior. Survived by Edy Guerrier and his sons Donte & Jamie Guerrier.
