Blanche COURNOYER

HOLYOKE - Blanche Cournoyer Domingue, 93, longtime resident of both the Willimansett and Holyoke, MA areas and wife of the late Lionel Joseph Domingue, died on Easter Sunday morning (March 27, 2005) at the Sunbridge for Hadley Health Care Facility in Hadley, MA. Born in Holyoke, February 26, 1912, the eldest of two daughters of the late Loretta Richards Cournoyer and Elphege Cournoyer, she was a graduate of local area public schools. She was a member of the Nativity BVM Parish in Willimansett, where she was active as a volunteer and Cub Scout Den Mother for a time. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Donald C. and Dorothy LaBrecque Domingue of Torrington, CT and her granddaughter, Danielle Renee Domingue of New York, NY; and many nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister and one-time care-giver, Rita Levreault Zebryk, of South Hadley. She was blest to have a loving care-giver, Judith Gagne Levreault, her niece-in-law, and she also received wonderful care in the last eight years from the loving staff of Sunbridge for Hadley on the Amherst and Hadley units. Funeral will be Thursday, March 31, 9:00 a.m. from Brunelle Funeral Home, 811 Chicopee Street, Willimansett, followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10:00 a.m. at the Church of the Nativity, BVM. Interment will be in the Saint Rose de Lima Cemetery. A calling hour will precede the service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, 475 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016 c/o Helen Silber. Published in The Republican on 3/30/2005.