Yvonne M. Gallucci

Yvonne M. Gallucci passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023 after a brief illness at North Naples Community Hospital in Naples, Florida surrounded by her children. She was born at 92 Green St., Biddeford, Maine to Albert Chretien and Albertine (Brulotte) Chretien on May 13, 1927. She graduated from St Joseph's High School with 8 classmates in 1946. In 1947 she married her high school sweetheart Adrien R. LeBlond. They raised 6 children, Jeannine Jarry (Donald), Daniel LeBlond (Margaret), Mel LeBlond, Joseph LeBlond (Nancy), Marc LeBlond (Kelly) and Cecile Deshaies (Phil). She had 13 grandchildren Julie, Jeff, Andre, Alice, Mel, James, Jessica, Sean, Allison, Adrien, Roxanne, Bernie and Michelle and 25 great grandchildren. After Adrien passed away, she married Danny M. Gallucci, the second love of her life, in 1987. They were Florida residents and snowbirded to Maine every summer. They especially enjoyed their time at Bonny Eagle Lake in Buxton, Maine with family and their time at Imperial Bonita Estates, a retirement community in Bonita Springs, Florida. Papa "G" passed away in 2014. She was employed as a secretary before she married Adrien. She was a homemaker and a bookkeeper for LeBlond's Radio & TV. She also worked for the State of Maine and was a secretary at Maremont Corporation/Saco Defense for many years. She operated an alteration business out of her Florida home. She was a den mother for Cub Scout Pack 309, a band booster for the St. Louis High and Biddeford High School bands. She loved to sing and sang for many years in church choirs at St Joseph Church in Biddeford, Maine and at St. Williams Church in Naples, Florida. She was a member of the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary and the Daughters of Isabella. At Imperial Bonita Estates she enjoyed square dancing and playing cards especially "31.” She participated in the Annual IBE Craft Fair and the “Makin' Waves Choir.” She loved sewing, knitting, crocheting, quilting and collecting seashells. She was an "Ace" at playing Scrabble and loved challenging her children and grandchildren. She was predeceased by her parents, Albert and Albertine Chretien; her son, Mel LeBlond; her sister, Rita LeBlond; and two brothers, Victor (Mel) Chretien and Robert (Bob) Chretien. She is survived by her sister, Jeannette (Ian) Johnson of Windsor Locks, CT; her brother, Normand Chretien and his wife Bonnie of Ottawa, IL; her sister-in-law, Loraine Chretien; her five children, 13 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She will be sadly missed by many. Arrangements are being handled by Shikany's Bonita Funeral Home, Family Owned Since 1978.

Yvonne M. Gallucci

May 13, 1927 - March 17, 2023