Moncton Daily Times Moncton, NB
Monday, January 5th, 1970 pg 3
J. J. Bourque
The death of John J. Bourque, formerly of Moncton, occurred in Edmundston Sunday. He was born in 1887 in Cocagne, son of the late Sylvain and Mary (Leger) Bourque.
His wife, Arzelie Arsenault Bourque survives him, three sons, Rev. Francis Bourque, pastor at Sacred Heart of Mary Parish Church in Quebec City and formerly superior of St. Louis College, at St. Basile, Dr. Clarence Bourque of Edmundston and Roger at Chateauguay, Que.; one brother, Fidele of New Bedford, mass.
He was a former CNR employee at Moncton and Edmundston and has served as an alderman on Edmundston city council, member of the school board and a founding member of the local council Knights of Columbus.
Funeral will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Edmundston Cathedral.