Florence Leclerc

KEENE - Florence C. Leclerc, 97, of Autumn Leaf Village and formerly of

Mercier Street, Berlin, died June 25, 2011, at her home.

She was born on Aug. 27, 1913, in Berlin, to Edward and

Seraphine Brousseau Lettre.

She was a longtime resident of Berlin prior to moving to Keene 21 years ago. She was employed as a stitcher at the Granite State Rubber Company in

Berlin, retiring in 1969.

She was a communicant of St. Bernard Church in Keene, now known as the

Parish of the Holy Spirit, and St. Anne Parish in Berlin, now known as the

Good Shepherd Parish. She was also a member of the Ladies of St. Anne and

Presentation of Marie Rivier Associates.

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IN HER LIFE: What Florence enjoyed most was being with her family, sewing, doing arts and crafts and in her later years she spent many enjoyable hours doing puzzles and

playing games on her computer.

She is pre-deceased by her husband Raymond F. Leclerc; brothers, Alcide, Edgar, Medard, and Oscar Lettre; and sisters, Anna Lettre, Sister Rosalia Brousseau, Eva Reynolds and Flore Gagne; and by great-grandchildren Jordan Beach and Abraham and Lillith Swenson.

Survivors include a son, Leo Leclerc and his wife Joyce of Swanzey; and a daughter, Sister Cecile Leclerc, P.M. of Hudson, who is a Sister of the Presentation of Mary; grandchildren, Jeannine Leclerc of Keene, Christine Beach and her husband David of Exeter, R.I., Paul Leclerc of Sullivan, and Michelle Swenson of Newport; great-grandchildren, Joshua and Jeremy Trombley, Ryan and Jenna Beach, and James II, Zebulon, Malachi, and Ezekiel Swenson; everal nieces and nephews.

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SERVICES: A Mass of Christian burial will be held on Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Bernard Church, 185 Main St., Keene, and will be celebrated by her nephew, Father Ron Gagne.

Family and friends are invited to call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Foley Funeral Home, 49 Court St., Keene. The Rite of Committal will be held at 1 p.m.

Tuesday, at the family plot at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Berlin. Memorials may be made in the form of flowers or donations to Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services, P.O. Box 564, 312 Marlboro St., Keene 03431. Online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.

Foley Funeral Home of Keene is assisting Fleury-Patry Funeral Home of

Berlin & Gorham with these arrangements.