Luella M. DIONNE

Luella M. Lafond, 100, of Beaverville, died Sunday (July 17, 2005) at Provena Heritage Village. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, with an 8 p.m. wake service, at the Clancy-Gernon-Houk Funeral Home, St. Anne. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Beaverville, where she was a member. Rev. Robert Coleman will officiate. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Beaverville. Memorials may be made to St. Mary's Church Restoration Fund or to the donor's choice. Mrs. Lafond had taught in the Beaverville area and had assisted her husband in the operation of the family farm. She was born June 16, 1905, in Beaverville, the daughter of Alphonse and Mary Hubert Dionne. Her husband, Hilaire H. Lafond, whom she married Feb. 15, 1926, in Beaverville, died in June 1986. She was a member of the Council of Catholic Women at her church. She made wonderful pies and enjoyed crossword puzzles and watching baseball. Surviving are one son and daughter-in-law, Donald and Judy Lafond of Lawrence, Kan.; two daughters and one son-in-law, Eileen and Vincent Buckley of Kankakee, Mary Jean Hartlep of Sheldon; 13 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Deceased are two brothers and four sisters.