Armand Gilles VACHON

Armand Gilles Vachon, of Hallebourg The funeral service for Hallébourg resident Armand Gilles Vachon, 79, took place April 19, 2007 in Mattice. He died April 15 at Notre-Dame Hospital from a lengthy illness. Born July 14, 1927 in the former hamlet of Fryatt (west of Mattice), he was described as a generous person who looked after Hallébourg’s Eglise Ste-Anne church and adjoining cemetery grounds, and who voluntarily cleared snow from residents’ driveways. He was a member of the Fédération des aîné-e-s et des retraité-e-s francophones de l’Ontario. Predeceased by his parents, a sister and four brothers, all of the Hearst, Hallébourg and Timmins areas, he leaves his sisters Marguerite Lachance of Mattice, Anne-Marie St-Hilaire of Ottawa, Cécile Christianson of Hearst, and Andréa Morris of Florida, and brothers Emmanuel (Thérèse) Vachon of Hearst, Ange-Aimé of Mattice, and Jacques (Huguette) Vachon of Timmins. Rev. Gérald Chalifoux directed the service at Eglise St-François-Xavier. Interment will be at Ste-Anne Cemetery.