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Octavie Juliette LeBlanc
Octavie J. (Bourque) LeBlanc, of Amesbury, formerly of Woburn, Lunenburg, and Malden, died Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at the Harborside Healthcare - Maplewood in Amesbury, she was 87. Born on February 5, 1921 in Eelbrook, Nova Scotia, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Leander and Adele Bourque. Octavie was raised and educated in Canada. She began working as a nurse in Canada before she moved to the United States in 1964. Her husband, Edmond W. LeBlanc, had left Canada to find work as a carpenter in Malden. Octavie came down with her younger children to reunite with Edmond. She found nursing work at the Dexter House Nursing Home in Malden. She worked for over 15 years until she retired in the mid 1980’s. Edmond passed in July of 1988 after the couple had spent over 46 years in marriage together. Octavie moved out of Malden to her daughter’s house in Lunenburg. Heartbreakingly, Octavie’s daughter, Mary Ann with whom she lived with, passed away. She then moved with her son, Wayne to his home in Woburn before finally moving to Amesbury where she lived for the past couple of years Octavie is survived by her children, Deanna Bourque Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, Canada, Virginia D'Entromont of Pubnico, Nova Scotia, Canada, and Wayne R. LeBlanc of Amesbury, her brother, Desire Bourque of Ste. Anne du Ruisseau, Yarmouth, Canada, ten grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, as well as many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grand-nephews. In addition to her husband, Octavie was preceded in death by her daughter, Mary Ann Trickett and her sister, Cecille D'Eon. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2008 in the Weir MacCuish Golden Rule Funeral Home, 144 Salem St. Malden at 11AM. Friends and relatives are invited to attend the visitation one hour prior to the service. Fr. Paul J. Aveni, Pastor of St. Mary Church of the Assumption in Revere, will be presiding. Burial will follow in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.
Weir MacCuish Funeral Home (781) 322-0834
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