Times & Transcript Moncton, NB
Saturday, May 10th, 2008
René A. Simard -
René A. Simard, 91, of Elmwood Drive, Moncton, passed away Friday, May 9, 2008 at the Dr. G.-L. Dumont Hospital. Born May 15, 1916 in Edmundston, he was the son of the late Alfred Simard and Claire Michaud. He was a Knight of Columbus member with St. Alphonse de Liguori Council #11985 (N.-D.-de-la-Paix). He is survived by his first wife, Laurette Bouchard; and ten children, Louis-Philippe (Norma), Jeanne d'Arc (Paul), Jean-Paul (Micheline), Gaëtane, Gilles (Rose-Marie), Ginette (Louis), Reynald (Claire), Huguette, Denise (Jean-Guy) and Pauline (Allain); a brother, Léopold ( late Jeannette); 2 sisters, Annette (late Yvon) and Jeannine ( Bernard); nineteen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; his wife, Anna (née Léger) LeBlanc; and her children, Maria (Léo-Jean), Yvonne (John), Alice (Claude), Hélène, Robert (Géraldine) and their children. He is predeceased by a daughter, Jacqueline; a sister, Yvette; and four brothers, Claude, Rhéal, Louis- Philippe and Roland. The family will receive condolences Tuesday, May 13 from 10 a.m. until departure (10:45 a.m.) at Frenette Funeral Home, 88 Church Street, Moncton (858-1900) then to N.-D.-de-la-Paix Roman Catholic Church, Murphy Avenue, Moncton, from where the funeral mass will be held at 11 a.m. Memorial donations to the Dr. G. L. Dumont Hospital Foundation (Oncology) would be appreciated by the family. www.frenettefuneralhome.com