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In Lachine, on September 6th 2020, at the age of 89, Elise Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Leduc Richards passed away peacefully in hospital after a short and courageous battle with cancer.\u00a0 Beloved wife of the late Ira Richards (1987).\u00a0 Native of La Tuque, Th\u00e9r\u00e8se was predeceased by her parents, Emma Cantin and Jean-Baptiste Leduc and her brothers Robert, Roland (Estelle), Roger (C\u00e9cile), and Ovide.<\/p>\n
She leaves in mourning her brother R\u00e9gis (Carole) and many nieces, nephews, god daughter(s), and special friends.\u00a0 Th\u00e9r\u00e8se was very active in her community and her warm smile, generous nature, and positive outlook will be sorely missed.<\/p>\n
Th\u00e9r\u00e8se cared about people and genuinely wanted to see good outcomes. She adored children, had a wonderful sense of humor, was resourceful, fiercely independent, and loving. She loved shopping, concerts, creative writing, botany, sports and fitness. She participated in many programs offered on the island of Montreal and made many lifelong friends along the way. She was a believer in education, and firmly believed that it is important to give back to society and the community. She was always an advocate for the rights of people suffering from mental illness. She will be missed in her community, and many of those who will remember her most may not even know her name. The bus drivers, cashiers, and passing strangers will likely remember her beautiful smile and generosity of spirit. Her goddaughter Sylvia loved her very much and will miss her terribly. In our hearts, we will always be connected to Th\u00e9r\u00e8se, and know that she is looking over us from a good place.<\/p>\n
Thanks to the many nurses and doctors on the palliative care floor at the Lachine Hospital who cared for Th\u00e9r\u00e8se in her final days.<\/p>\n
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Due to current restrictions, a live stream service will be held on September 26, 2020 at 3 p.m.\u00a0 Please contact J.J. Cardinal Funeral Home, 514-639-1511 to gain access to the service.\u00a0 In Memoriam donations to the Canadian Cancer Society, Les Amis de la Biblioth\u00e8que de Montr\u00e9al or les Amis du Jardin Botanique would be appreciated by the family.\u00a0 Condolences and sharing memories at www.jjcardinal.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n Funeral arrangements entrusted to J.J. Cardinal Funeral Home.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n R\u00c9SIDENCE FUN\u00c9RAIRE J.J. CARDINAL FUNERAL HOME<\/strong><\/p>\n 2125, rue Notre-Dame, Lachine (Qu\u00e9bec)\u00a0\u00a0H8S 2G5<\/p>\n T\u00e9l. :\u00a0514-639-1511\u00a0|\u00a0T\u00e9l\u00e9c. :\u00a0514-639-1516\u00a0|\u00a0Courriel :\u00a0info@jjcardinal.ca<\/a><\/p>\n Indications routi\u00e8res<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Driving Directions<\/a><\/p>\n Pr\u00e9visions m\u00e9t\u00e9orologiques<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0The Weather Network<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1931-2020 In Lachine, on September 6th 2020, at the age of 89, Elise Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Leduc Richards passed away peacefully in hospital after a short and courageous battle with cancer.\u00a0 Beloved wife of the late Ira Richards (1987).\u00a0 Native of La Tuque, Th\u00e9r\u00e8se was predeceased by her parents, Emma Cantin and Jean-Baptiste Leduc and her […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17977,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17890\/revisions\/17977"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jjcardinal.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}