BENOIT (BENNY) LECLAIR
LECLAIR, BENOIT (BENNY) Benoit (Benny) LeClair of Lincoln and formerly of Nackawic and Dalhousie passed away July 5, 2004 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital. Born at Eel River Crossing in 1920, he was a son of the late Napoleon and Virginie (Fournier) LeClair. Benny was a veteran of the Second World War and a member of the Southampton Branch 27, Royal Canadian Legion. He was a heavy equipment operator at Canadian International Paper for 35 years. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Betty E. (Boyd) LeClair; a daughter, Lise Parent (Raymond), Campbellton; five sons, Gerald LeClair (Kathy), Thunder Bay, ON, Terry LeClair (Dorothy), Nackawic, David LeClair, Kamloops, BC, Ronnie LeClair, Thunder Bay, ON and Jamie LeClair (Deborah), Lincoln; fourteen grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren; two sisters, Armance Wilson, Woodstock and Leah Guitard, Hamilton, ON; two brothers, Omer LeClair, Dalhousie and Israel LeClair (Manie), Paisley, ON; several nieces and nephews. Although there will be no visitation, friends are welcome to attend a Memorial Mass to be celebrated at St. Simon and St. Jude Catholic Church, 199 Otis Drive, Nackawic, NB on Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 11 a.m. by Fr. Dan Melanson. For those who wish to make a donation in memory of Benny, the family has suggested the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Arrangements by Flewelling Funeral Home, Nackawic, NB 575-8988 www.flewellingswan.com


