Mary Chubb Leaf

AKWESASNE- Mrs. Mary Chubb Leaf, age 89, of Snye, Quebec, passed away Saturday morning, August 4, 2012, at Iakhihsohtha Home for the Elderly in Snye, Quebec, where she had been a patient for the past few years.

Mary was born July 23, 1923 on State Road in Hogansburg, the daughter of the late Louis and Hattie David Chubb. She attended local schools and the convent school.

She worked at Kodak during World War II in Rochester and at a plastic factory in Baltimore, Maryland. Mary returned home to Akwesasne in the 1980’s and was a homemaker. She loved to play bingo, cards, going for long rides in the car and family gatherings and garage sales.

She is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Colleen of Akwesasne, and Louie and Amy Leaf of Baltimore, Maryland; 3 grandchildren, Julia and Nathan Coffman, Eric Leaf and Nicholas Leaf; and one great grandson, Samuel Coffman. She is also survived by two sisters, Marcella David of Hogansburg and Ruth D. Cook of Snye, Quebec.

She was predeceased by her husband, Ralph of 66 years, on January 3, 2011; her stepson, Larry Leaf on March 6, 2012; five sisters, Margaret Porter on June 7, 2007, Louise D. Hart on April 6, 2003, Anna B. Jock on May 25, 1998, Josephine S. Porter on June 3, 1998 and Edith Chubb in 1942; three brothers, Paul Chubb on March 7, 2001, Leo Chubb on September 20, 1988, and Joseph C. Chubb on November 1, 1976.

Friends called at the Homemakers, Snye, Quebec, starting Monday, August 6th until a Mass of Christian Burial that was held on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at the St. Regis Catholic Church with Rev. Jerome Pastores, celebrating. Burial followed at the St. Joseph’s Cemetery, Hogansburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Iakhihsohtha Home for the elderly in Snye, Quebec.

Condolences may be made online at http://www.donaldsonfh.com.