Obituary: Former Sears, Courville Exec, 75

BEDFORD - Henri R. Le-blanc, 75, of Bedford, died Sept. 18, 2013, at Carlyle Place in Bedford after a one-year battle with osteosarcoma.

He was born in Acushnet, Mass., on June 19, 1938, to Wilfred and Lauretta (Gadbois) LeBlanc. He graduated from St. Anthony School in New Bedford, Mass., and Fordham University.

Mr. LeBlanc was chief executive officer of the Courville Communities for 18 years. He retired on Aug. 1 of this year. Prior to that, he had worked at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua as business administrator and at Sears Roebuck and Company for 31 years.

Included among his many affiliations was serving as chairman of the United Way in Nashua and being a board member of St. Joseph Hospital and the Red Cross in Manchester.

He enjoyed baseball and football and was a car enthusiast. He especially enjoyed attending the sporting events of his grandchildren.

The family includes his wife of 53 years, Jacqueline (Boucher) LeBlanc of Bedford; three daughters, Lynne Domingue and her husband, Dean, and Lee Ann Lyons and her fiancé, Peter Kujawski, all of Bedford, and Jacqueline Stahle and her husband, Charles, of Exeter; nine grandchildren, Ashley, Drew, Sean, Connor, Jacqueline, Livia, Ben, Griffin and Charlie.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative, 17 Bethea Drive, Ossingring, NY 10562, or New Horizons of New Hampshire, 199 Manchester St., Manchester 03101, or the United Way, 22 Concord St., Manchester 03101.

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