Adélard LACASSE

Adélard Lacasse Funeral services for Hearst resident Adélard J. Lacasse, 92, of Notre-Dame Hospital were held June 10, 2000 in Mattice. He died at the hospital, June 6. Born Aug. 19, 1906 in Trenton, Quebec, he came to the Mattice area in 1927. A blacksmith, he worked for Bernard Gagnon of Mattice and later for Levesque Lumber, retiring in 1972. A hospital resident since late July 1999, he liked crafting things and playing cards. Wife Marie-Ange Lachance died in 1990 in Hearst. He leaves: a son Émile of Mattice, a daughter Jeannine Lacasse of Hearst; sisters Alberta 'Berthe' Lacombe of Montreal, Marie-Ange Patoine of Sherbrooke, Marguerite (Lucien Leclerc) of Lac Etchemin, Emilienne Dupuis and Gemma Lacasse, both of Montreal, and Yvette Forgues of Frampton, Que.; granddaughters Louiselle Maheux of Hearst, Linda Maheux of Mattice and Jacinthe Maheux of Hearst, and great grandchildren Andréanne, Marc-Antoine, Noémé and Elisabeth. Rev. René Grandmont officiated the service at the St-François-Xavier Church. Interment followed at the St-François-Xavier Cemetery.