Ruth L. Lefebvre

MERIDEN - Ruth L. LeClair Lefebvre, 85, returned to her Creator, on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. She was the beloved wife, of the late Philip J. Lefebvre.

Born April 23, 1926, in Cohoes, N.Y., a daughter, of the late Arthur J. Leclair and Lillian Sorel Genest, she had been a Cheshire resident for many years until moving to Meriden several years ago. Ruth was a graduate of Catholic Central High School, class of 1944, in Troy, N.Y., and had been a contributing alumnus to its scho-larship fund. An active volunteer for many years, she was a certified CCD instructor and had taught at St. Brid-get's Church in Cheshire, Holy Angels Church in South Meriden and Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Boca Ra-ton, Fla. She also volunteered at the Meriden Soup Kitchen, MidState Medical Center, was a past president and member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 45, of So. Meriden, a member of the Veterans of For-eign Wars Ladies Auxiliary, Stanley Budleski Post No, 9965 of Yalesville, a member of the Legion of Mary of Holy Angels Church and the Red Hat Society of Meriden.

She is survived by four daughters, Virginia (Mrs. Richard) Schumann, of New Britain, Jacqueline (Mrs. Gi-useppe) Sita, Julienne (Mrs. Timothy) Custy and Ruth-Ann (Mrs. Adam) Podgorski, all of Meriden; one son, Edward A. Lefebvre and his wife, Judith, of Meriden; 15 grandchildren; numerous great and great-great-grandchildren; two daughters-in-law, Mary and Marilyn Lefebvre, of Florida, her sister-in-law, Marie L. Cebula, of Watervliet, N.Y.; several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three sons, William, Louis and Phi-lip Lefebvre, Jr.; three grandsons, Robert, Richard and Michael; a son-in-law, Leslie; a daughter-in-law, And-rea.

Ruth's family would like to thank the staffs of the Bradley Home and MidState Medical Center for her care during the past few years.

Her family will receive relatives and friends in The Wallingford Funeral Home, 809 North Main St., Ext., Wal-lingford, Thursday (TODAY) from 5 until 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Friday, at 10 a.m. from The Wal-lingford Funeral Home, when the funeral cortege will proceed to Holy Angels Church, where a Mass of Chris-tian burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Interment will be in St. Laurent Cemetery in So. Meriden. In lieu of flow-ers, gifts in Ruth's memory may be sent to the charity of one's choice.
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