TITLE:   Alida Marie Ashby,  Obituary, May 22, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  The Coos County Democrat EST. 1838 LANCASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE  
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Alida M. Ashby 

LANCASTER - Alida Marie Ashby, 97, died on May 22, 2001, at
Country Village Genesis Elder Care Center, where she had been a
resident for the past six years. 

She was born in Thetford Mines, Que. on Nov. 17, 1903, the daughter of
Francois and Leah (Cyr) Plante. 

She grew up in a log cabin, the oldest of 13 children. Among her fondest
memories were playing the harmonica and receiving a porcelain doll at
age 10 from the United States. She went to work in the mills of Sanford,
Me. to help support her family. There, at age 18, she met Henry Joseph
Dubreuil of Berlin. They married and lived in Berlin. She also worked in
the mills of Lincoln. 

After a big layoff of the Berlin mill, they bought a farm on the North
Road in Lancaster. She worked the fields, milking cows in the barn,
gardening, sewing, and canning. They raised five children. Her husband
died in 1952. 

Later she met and married her second husband, Leo Ashby of
Sherbrooke, Que. She lived there until 1979, who they moved to the
McKee Inn in Lancaster. Her second husband died in 1983. She
remained at the McKee Inn until she lost her eyesight. She then went to
Holton Point and on to Country Village. She was a communicant of All
Saints Catholic Church of Lancaster. 

Family members include two sons, Robert Dubreuil of Nashua and Rene
Dubreuil of Lancaster; a daughter, Cecile Dutremble of Biddeford, Me.;
22 grandchildren; 45 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren;
two sisters, Amozar Greniere of Magog, Que., and Bernadette Lessard
of Thetford Mines; and two brothers, Silvio Plante and Armand Plante,
both of Sherbrooke. She was predeceased by a son, Raymond Dubreuil,
and a daughter, Theresa Hartlan. 

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Friday in Christ United
Methodist with the Rev. John Mazzei officiating. Burial was in Calvary
Cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made in All Saints Church
Restoration Fund, 163 Mair St., Lancaster 03584. 


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