Theresa A. LeBlanc of Beverly died on August 24, 2026 at the Herrick House in Beverly. She was 96 and had been married 70 years to Norman H. LeBlanc, who died before her.
She was born in Danvers on October 6, 1929 to the late Joseph St. Laurent and Louise Marie (Poussard) Dallaire. She and Norman were high school sweethearts who learned to sail together on the first Sea Pal, a 14-foot sailboat. She went to Salem Teachers College, where she joined the Nevele’s, a group of women who kept gathering into their 80s. The couple raised their family in Marblehead and boated out of the Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club for more than 70 years, cruising the New England coast with family and friends. She was a stay-at-home mother first and later worked in an oral surgeon’s office. Her Monday night card club was more laughter than cards and the only night junk food was allowed in the house, and she had a prankster’s streak. In retirement she and Norman spent their time with the grandchildren.
She leaves her children, Denise and Bob Watts of Fairfield, Va., Kathy and Peter Fabiszewski of Lynnfield, Patrice and Roger Banks of Jackson, Wyo., Steven and Kim LeBlanc of Lexington, Va., and Renee and Russ Austin of Salem; five grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and six step-great-grandchildren; her brother, Joseph St. Laurent of Worcester; her daughter-in-law, Lee LeBlanc of Lynn; her sisters-in-law, Margaret LeBlanc of Salem, Lois LeBlanc of Danvers and Lucille Pooler of Brewster; and many nieces, nephews and boating friends. Her son Mark LeBlanc and her sister Rita Reale died before her.
Visiting hours are Monday, August 31 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Berube and Sons Funeral Home, 191 Lafayette Street, Salem. A funeral Mass is Tuesday, September 1 at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Hawthorne Boulevard, Salem, with burial at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Salem. The family suggests donations to the Herrick House, Beverly.
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