Lina LeBlanc

Lina LeBlanc, 96, of Manoir Saint-Jean Baptiste, Bouctouche and formerly of Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family at the Manoir on Monday January 28, 2019. She was married to the late Eric LeBlanc (1985). Born in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, she was the daughter of the late Antoine and the late Marie-Jeanne (Babineau) Maillet.
She will be sadly missed by her fifteen children; Ella Cormier (Clarence Melanson), Léa Gaudet (Joe), Odette Cormier (Gerry McGraw) all of Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, Noëlla Melanson (Paul), Adrienne Goguen (late Leonard) of Cocagne, Anna Babineau (Raymond) of Shediac River, Yvette LeBlanc (Donald), Anise LeBlanc of Moncton, Louise Bourgeois (Robert) of Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, Fernande LeBlanc (Darrell Weaver) of Irishtown, Aldéo (Lucille) of Moncton, Ronald (Oscar), Roger, Ola of Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, Maurice (Suzanne) of Moncton, her twenty-two grandchildren, thirty-three great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren. She also leaves to mourn two brothers; Gerard (Roseline) of Saint-Antoine and Alderice of Irishtown as well as several nephews and nieces.
She was predeceased by one son Jean-Paul, one grandson Ricky, two sisters; Maria and Irène as well as six brothers; Yvon, Ernest, Eddie, Jean-Baptiste, Lionel and Father Alfred.
Visitations will be held at the Notre-Dame du Mont Carmel Roman Catholic Church Slumber Room, Sainte-Marie-de-Kent on Thursday January 31, 2019 from 2:00 pm to 6:45 pm. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at the Sainte-Marie-de-Kent Church on Thursday Jaruary 31, 2019 at 7:00 pm with interment in the parish cemetery in the spring.
In Lina’s memory, donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Funeral arrangements are in the professional care of Maillet Funeral Home, Bouctouche.