Sunday, February 19, 2006

OBITS: JULIEN, LONGTIN (1916-2006)

The following appeared in the 2006.02.18 edition of LE REFLET, a weekly newspaper in the MONTÉRÉGIE, published in Delson, QC. The English synopsis is mine.

Roger JULIEN died January 16, 2006. He leaves behind his wife, Thérèse PATENAUDE, his children Denise (François), Micheline (Jacques), Pierre, Jean-Claude (Annie), Normand (Julie) & his grandchildren.

Jean-Paul LONGTIN died January 25, 2006 at the age of 89. He leaves behind his friend, Aimée DUPUIS-HÉBERT, his children, grand'daughters and his sisters.


OBITS: GERVAIS, LECLERC,

The following appeared in the 2006.02.11 edition of LE REFLET, a weekly newspaper in the MONTÉRÉGIE, published in Delson, QC. The English synopsis is mine.

Marie-Claire GERVAIS (b. 1922) from LaPrairie, QC, died February 3, 2006 at the age of 84.

Geneviève LECLERC (b. 1921) of Saint-Rémi, QC, died February 6, 2006 at the age of 84. She was the wife of defunct Germain VERNER. She leaves behind her sister Solange (Lucien GRENIER), her son Mario (Lucie) & her friend Lucie. Burial was February 18 at the Saint-Rémi, QC parish cemetery.

Friday, February 03, 2006

NOTRE-DAME church in GRANBY, QC

The January 29-February 2, 2006 edition of PRIXIMO announces that Notre-Dame church in Granby (Haute-Yamaska region), QC is seriously being considered for transformation into a public library. The French text follows.
Les discussions seront amorcées, ce vendredi, entre les différentes parties concernées par le projet de transformation de l'église Notre-Dame de Granby en bibliothèque régionale. L'initiateur du projet, le député provincial de Shefford, Bernard Brodeur, se réjouit de voir que la « volonté de regarder le projet sérieusement est là ». Selon lui, on doit voir si les « coûts peuvent être raisonnables ». Le maire de Granby, Richard Goulet, ainsi que des représentants du Cégep de Granby Haute-Yamaska, édifice voisin de l'église, devraient participer à cette rencontre Construite en 1906, l'église Notre-Dame contient des ouvres d'art de grande valeur dont des fresques du célèbre artiste montréalais Guido Nincheri.