Thursday, September 29, 2022
My deepest sympathies to the family on the passing of Joe. My mother, Frances (Bourque) LeBlanc, knew Joe and Yvonne and often spoke of them. I believe she rented a room from them in Moncton when she was young. He must have been working for CNR at that time. About 7 years ago, when my father passed away (my mother died much earlier), Joe made contact and invited me to his house on Montgomery St. so he could give me a picture of my mother when she was young. We spent the afternoon and evening together and he told me all about his career and showed me his amazing collection of electrical equipment from the railroad. Being an electrical engineer and collector of that sort of thing myself, I very much enjoyed my visit and tour of his collection. I'm happy he found a good home for his collection. I only wish I had kept up contact with him as he was such an interesting fellow. RIP Joe.
