Florence C Leclerc

Keene & Berlin, NH.

Florence C. Leclerc of Autumn Leaf Village, Keene, NH and formerly of Mercier Street, Berlin, NH passed away Friday June 25, 2011 at her home in Keene, NH. She was 97. Born on August 27, 1913 in Berlin, NH, she was the daughter of Edward and Seraphine Brousseau Lettre. Florence was a longtime resident of Berlin prior to moving to Keene NH twenty one 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's Church in Keene, now known as the Parish of the Holy Spirit and St. Anne's 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.

What Florence enjoyed most was being with her family, sewing, doing arts and crafts and in her later years 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, NH, and a daughter Sister Cecile Leclerc, P.M. of Hudson, NH, who is a Sister of the Presentation of Mary.

Grandchildren: Jeannine Leclerc of Keene, NH, Christine Beach and her husband David of Exeter, RI, Paul Leclerc of Sullivan, NH, and Michelle Swenson of Newport, NH.

Great-Grandchildren: Joshua & Jeremy Trombley, Ryan & Jenna Beach, and James II, Zebulon, Malachi, and Ezekiel Swenson.

Several nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 10:00 am at St. Bernard's Church, 185 Main St., Keene, NH and will be celebrated by her nephew Father Ron Gagne, a LaSalette Father from Attleboro, Ma.

Family and friends are invited to call from 2 to 4 pm & 6-8pm today (Sunday, June 26, 2011) at the Foley Funeral Home, 49 Court Street, Keene, NH.

The Rite of Committal will be held at 1 pm Tuesday, June 28 at the family plot at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Berlin, NH.

Memorials may be made in the form of flowers or donations to Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services, P.O. Box 564, 312 Marlboro Street, Keene, NH 03431.

Online guestbook at www.fleury-patry.com.

Foley Funeral Home of Keene, NH is assisting Fleury-Patry Funeral Home of Berlin & Gorham, NH with these arrangements.