Daily Times Moncton, NB
Thursday, October 24th, 1929 pg 7
Death of J. Max LeBlanc
Deeply Regretted Here. General regret was felt here yesterday when it became known that Mr. J. Maxime LeBlanc, sleeping and dining car agent for the C.N.R. here, had passed away in the Hotel Dieu Hospital at Montreal on Tuesday, following an operation he underwent there a little over a week ago. Hopes had been entertained since the news of improvement in his condition were received here; but he suffered a relapse early Tuesday and gradually became weaker until the end came. Deceased atter undergoing about a fortnight's treatment in the Hotel Dieu here, left, for Montreal about, two weeks ago to consult specialists. The late Mr. LeBlanc was in his 64th year and was a native of Memramcook, Westmorland County. N.B., being born there December 23rd, 1876. He first entered the service of the railway on June 13, 1914, as sleeping and dining car conductor at Halifax. He was promoted in January, 1916, to the post of assistant commissary agent at Halifax, and in January, 1917, he was appointed to commissary agent at that point. Early in January, 1919, Mr. LeBlanc received further promotion, this time to the post of sleeping and dining car agent at Moncton, which position he held ever since. He was well known and very popular among the travelling public as well as among his associates in the Canadian NationaI Railway. The late Mr. LeBlanc always took a deep and active interest in the welfare of his native parish and the community at large. Prior to his entry into the railway service he was active in municipal affairs and served for two years as a member of Westmorland County Council, being one of the representatives from Dorchester parish. He was a man who commanded the high respect and esteem of his fellow citizens in the Memramcook district and he, will be greatly missed in that community. The Deceased is survived by his wife, his mother, Mrs. Fidele LeBlanc, of Memramcook; four sons, Adrian, of Tracadie; Yvon, of the United States; Hector, student at the University of St. Joseph's College, and Leo Paul, at home; six daughters. Evangeline, of Sacred Heart Convent, St. Joseph's; Mary, Dorila, Leonie and Wilma, at home, and Lorraine (Mrs. William Dorden), of Dorchester, Mass. Five brothers also survive, M.F. Eugene F., and Henry F., all of Moncton; Dominic, of Belliveau Village, and Stanley, of Pre d'En Haute as well as four sisters, Mrs. Lucien Leger, of St. Joseph's; Mrs. John Landry, Mrs. William Cormier and Miss Edmee LeBlanc, all of Pre d'En Haut. Mrs. LeBlanc left Memramcook Tuesday noon on receipt of the news of her husband's critical condition and reached Montreal yesterday morning. She is accompanying the remains home where they are expected to reach today and the funeral will be held Friday morning to St. Thomas Church, Memramcook, for solemn high mass ot requeim at nine o'clock, after which interment will be made in the cemetery adjoining the church.