Gallant. Their mother died in 1960, with several young children left to be rais- ed. A note in the burial register says, “largest funeral in years?’

At the Parish Council meeting of Dec. 1982, Albert Gallant presented a chart of the cemetery and a register indicating where burials had taken place

in the cemetery. This is a valuable parish record and will be very useful as times goes on and people wish to know exactly where the remains of their loved ones are buried.

For a number of years there had been discussion regarding the finishing of a room in the church basement to serve as a meeting room for parish groups and organizations, and also to be used as a wake room in the event of the death of a parishioner. In Oct. of 1983 the Parish Council decided to go ahead with the project. The name “McNeill Room” was adopted in memory of the founder of the parish. It had already been used for meetings and once for the wake of Joseph Augustin LeClair, before the official opening on Jan. 8, 1984.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS

Front L. to R: Eugene lcClair, Paul Gallant, Earl Gallant, Ray MacNeiI.

Middle: Peter Leander Gallant, Leo Gallant, Ernest Buote, Ferdinand LeClair, Douglas Buote, Leroy Sherren, Peter J. Gallant, Albert Gallant.

Back: Vincent Gallant, Andy Turner, Derrick Blacquiere, Paul Fleming, Father Art Pendergast, Richard Mullally.

Missing from photo: Joe Perry, Leo leClair, Rene Doiron, Vincent Blaquiere, Brendon Gallant, Douglas Gallant.

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