Emily Swinton LeDuc

September 22, 1920-March 8, 2009
Emily LeDuc died peacefully of a brief illness at 3:43 on the afternoon of March 8, following her request that medical treatment be suspended. Close friend Libby Lockett and Emily's daughter, Judith were by her side.
Born Emily Grace Swinton in Detroit, MI, she was the only child of David Russell Swinton and Helen Ormsbee Swinton. At the age of 13 following her father's death, Emily and her mother moved to Port Jervis, NY to be near Emily's father's family. Folliwing graduation from high school in Port Jervis in 1938, Emily attended Mt. Holyoke College where she earned a degree in Sociology and Economics in 1942. For the next four years she worked in a NY City bank as a Trust Officer, where she met Harold Arthur LeDuc of West Springfield, MA whom she married on June 20, 1947. Harold's work took them first to Montreal and then Sherbrook Quebec, where their two children were born. In 1955 the family moved to Port Chester, NY and then to West Springfield, MA in 1957, where Harold began working for Gilbarco Inc. In 1967 the family moved to Greensboro, NC where Gilbarco relocated. After five very happy years there, Harold's work then took them in 1971 to Brockville, Ontario Canada. Brockville became the home where they chose to spend the rest of their lives. Emily moved to Kingston Ontario in 2006 for medical reasons.
A talented athlete, Emily was a competitive swimmer and diver in high school. Rather than just watching her children learn to ski, Emily enthusiastically took up the sport herself and enjoyed many exhilarating runs at Blandford and Mt. Tom. She and Harold both played tennis, and became passionate golfers. They belonged to the Sedgewick Country Club in Greensboro and the Brockville Country Club. In 1992 Emily won the Irene Wakely Award from the Brockville Country Club for her nine hole-low gross performance. As recently as 2004, Emily was still playing regularly.
Emily and Harold loved to travel, taking trips to Europe, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Russia and the Middle East. They were avid bridge players and made many lifelong friends over the bridge table. All her life she was active in charitable and service organizations, most notably PEO, through which she made many more lifelong friends. In Brockville she belonged to May Court, Probus, Candadian Federation of University Women and was a Meals on Wheels volunteer.
Emily was predeceased by her husband, Harold in 1993 and is survived by her chilren, David Swinton LeDuc of Willow Spring, NC, Judith Emily LeDuc of Newton, MA; and cousin, Fran Jamison of Stuyvesant, NY.
On behalf of Emily, David and Judith wish to give their sincere thanks to all the staff and volunteers of Kingston General Hospital and The Rideaucrest Home in Kingston, and to Emily's many dear friends for their love and support during her final years.
Emily chose to be cremated and have her ashes buried next to her husband's at the LeDuc family gravesite in Florence, MA.
A celebration of life will be held in Brockville at a future date. An annoucement with the location and date will appear in the Brockville Recorder and Times. Friends are invited to attend for an email notification please submit your email address to: EmilyLeDucCelebrationverizon.net
In memoriam, donations to the charity of your choice would be appreciated.