Leonie M. CHANDONNET

Leonie M. Chandonnet, 100, of Concord, died Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, at Havenwood Nursing Home in Concord after a short illness. Born in Manchester on Aug. 25, 1905, she was the daughter of Louis P. and Leonie (Quirin) Chandonnet. She attended Manchester schools, received her bachelor's degree, with honors from Wellesley College in 1927, her master's degree from Middlebury College in 1931 and a normal degree in advanced French literature from Sorbonne University in Paris. She also studied at the University of Bordeaux and the University of Strasbourg. She earned advanced academic credits in French studies at Harvard University in Boston, Boston University and the University of New Hampshire in 1939. Miss Chandonnet assisted in the revision of Chardenal French Grammar. Miss Chandonnet taught French in Groton, Mass., and Swampscott, Mass., before moving to Newton, Mass., where she taught for 34 years. After her retirement in 1965, she lived in Manchester for 24 years. She moved to Concord in 1989. She was a member of the Wellesley College New Hampshire Club, the Manchester Women's Club, the Elliot Hospital Association, the Currier Gallery of Art and the Manchester Historic Association. She was the last surviving sister of six. Family members include a niece, Jeanne M. Benjamin of Georgetown, Mass.; four grandnieces, Valerie Johnson, Jacqueline Downing, Mary Joe Bagley and Karen Bagley; four grandnephews, Robert Benjamin Jr., James Bagely, Kenneth Bagely, Mark Laserte and John Laserte; and 11 great-nieces and great-nephews. Calling hours will be held todayfrom 6 to 8 p.m. at Lambert Funeral Home & Crematory, 1799 Elm St., Manchester. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated tomorrow at 10 a.m. at St. Catherine Church, 207 Hemlock St., Manchester. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery on Goffstown Road in Manchester. Memorial donations may be made to the Resident Support Fund of Havenwood, 33 Christian Ave., Concord 03301; or to St. Catherine Church, 207 Hemlock St., Manchester 03104. For more information, visit www.lambertfuneralhome.com.