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Alphonse Lefebvre Obituary
Wappingers Falls - Alphonse Alfred Lefebvre, a resident of Wappingers Falls, entered into rest Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at his home. He was 82.
Son of the late George and Aline Penelle Lefebvre, he was born September 21, 1935 in Central Falls, Rhode Island. He was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Central Falls, RI. Alfred went on to serve his country in the United States Air Force and was stationed in Korea in the 1950's. He married the former Cleo Kay Gayarre on September 13, 1958 in Amarillo, Texas. Mrs. Lefebvre survives at home in Wappingers Falls.
Alfred worked as an Electronic Technician with the Federal Aviation Administration at Dutchess County Airport. Together with his wife, Kay, he owned and operated Little Angels Day Nursery in Wappingers Falls from 1985 to 2006.
He was a parishioner of St. Mary's Church in Wappingers Falls. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Council 1646 in Wappingers Falls. He was a former board member of the Mid-Hudson Rivermen Drum and Bugle Corps. Alfred was also a coach with Town of Wappinger Softball. He had a passion for his cockatiels; breeding them and having up to thirty birds at home. He was an avid sports fan, especially the Boston Red Sox.
In addition to his wife, Kay, he is survived by his children, Paul Phillip Lefebvre and his wife, Colleen of McKinney, Texas and Denise Aline Roarabaugh and her husband, Thomas of Poughkeepsie; his sister, Marie Rita Malloy; his grandchildren, Ryan and Katelyn Roarabaugh, Janelle Martin and Phillip and Taylor Lefebvre; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his brothers, Edouard and Gerard Lefebvre and sisters, Therese Depot, Gertrude Vigeant, Lucille Pigeon, Lillian Arcisz, and Claire Johnson.
Family will receive friends on Monday, January 22, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. at Straub, Catalano & Halvey Funeral Home, 55 East Main Street in Wappingers Falls.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, January 23 at St. Mary's Church, Clinton Street in Wappingers Falls. Interment will follow in Fishkill Rural Cemetery, Route 9 in Fishkill.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Way, Memphis, TN 38105.
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Greens & McCaffreys
January 18, 2018
Our family was blessed enough to meet Kay and Al Lefebvre in the early 1970's when we along with Paul and Val Brown started The Mid Hudson Rivermen Drum and Bugle Corps to help teach young people music and help keep them off the streets - winter and summer. Kay and Al added so much to the drum corps and stayed dedicated and involved long after Larry and I left to raise our two babies. Thank God we never lost touch and the Lefebvres shared their heart and wonderful nursery school with our granddaughter Kyla Grace and also hired our daughter, Larell as a teacher where they both flourished. Larell is still a pre-school teacher and Kyla is in her Junior year at Connecticut College thanks to the head start given to her by the Lefebvres. Aside from being generous in spirit and their time, Al is a brilliant man. Kay taught me what it was like to have an older sister. The Lefebvres gave to our community in so many ways touching hundreds or people and children with the love. We will miss Mr. Lefebvre forever. Thank you Al and Kay for sharing your lives with us. We know you are walking with God and perhaps telling Him a joke or two. We think God just might be a Boston Red Socks Fan. May God watch over your family left behind for now and bring them comfort through their intense faith. RiP
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