Mary Virginia LECLAIRE

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Fagerstrom, Mary V. (LeClair)

Mary V. (LeClair) Fagerstrom of Chicopee, Massachusetts, passed away on February 7, in Willimansett Center West. She had been a resident at the facility since June, 2013. Mary was born on September 3, 1927, in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsi,n to the late Englebert and Sophia (Propson) LeClair of Jacksonport, WI. Mary graduated from Sevastopol High School in 1945. She played the French Horn in the high school band, was voted the class comedienne and held the position of senior illustrator for the yearbook. After graduation, Mary worked at Pleck Ice Cream and Dairy Company in Sturgeon Bay. She met her husband Donald on the bus to work. He was driving for the Bay View Bus Company prior to entering the service. Mary would make googly eyes at him in his rear view mirror. She continued on to the Business Institute of Milwaukee and was employed at Gimbel's Department Store. After marrying Donald in 1948, the two travelled extensively throughout the United States (California, Texas, Mississippi, Maine and Massachusetts) as Don was transferred to various Air Force Bases during his military career in the Air Force. Having grown up in Jacksonport, Wisconsin on Lake Michigan and spending summers there with family and friends, Mary will always call Door County home. Her favorite sports teams were the Green Bay Packers, the Boston Red Sox and the Celtics. She was an enthusiastic fan and would often be yelling or cheering in front of the TV or the radio. She had a wonderful sense of humor, would talk with everyone she met and would be the life of the party. Mary was a dedicated wife and loving mother, daughter and sister. She was a devout Catholic, praying the rosary daily and instilled a great love of God, Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary in her two daughters. Mary was predeceased by her husband, Donald, who died peacefully at Willimansett Center West on January 14, 2014. The couple had been married for 66 years. Mary was preceded in death by her parents, her brothers, Louis, John, Gilbert, Richard, and Robert. She is survived by her sister, Kathryn (Kate) Onan of Wausau, WI; brothers, Joe LeClair of Jacksonport, WI and George of Sturgeon Bay, WI; her daughters, Lynn, wife of Larry Bennis of Chicopee, MA; and Nancy, wife of John O'Leary of Reading, PA; five grandchildren, Aaron Nugent, Ben and Molly Kwiatkowski of Chicopee; MA and Joseph and Jacquelyn O'Leary of Reading, PA. She is also survived by many loving and caring nieces and nephews. The family would like to express a special thanks to the outstanding caregivers at Willimansett Center West.

The Funeral Service will be held at the Corridan Funeral Home, 333 Springfield St., Chicopee on Friday, February 14, 2014, at 1 p.m. with a period of Visitation beginning at Noon. A Chapel Service with Burial is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, 1390 Main St., Agawam, MA.



Published in Door County Advocate on Feb. 8, 2014

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Mary married Donald Wilfred FAGERSTROM on 23 Oct 1945. Donald (son of Johan Erik Valdemar FAGERSTROM and Hilda J) was born on 11 Oct 1924 in Egg Harbor, Wisconsin; died on 14 Jan 2014 in Chicopee, Massachusetts; was buried in Massachusetts Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, Agawam, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Barry KWIATKOSKI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John P. O'LEARY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]