Blais, Therese Yvette, age 82, died peacefully at the home she shared with her loving husband of 61 years, Leon Blais in Laguna Woods, CA on December 15. Born March 10, 1930 in Manchester, NH, Therese was the sixth child of Rosa (Bourque) Pinard and Napoleon Pinard.

In addition to Leon, Therese is survived by all ten children, sons, Donald, Armand, George, Arthur, Roger, Frank and David, daughters, Diane, Claudette and Estelle, along with their spouses, partners; twenty-two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She leaves a surviving sister, Rose Anna Harrington, three brothers, Fernando, Marcel, and Louis Pinard, all of the Manchester NH area; sisters-in-law, Alice (Blais) Delisle of Moreno Valley, CA, Helen Pinard of Tavares, FL and Rita Pinard of Manchester. She was preceded in death by sisters, Georgette Pelletier and Rita Forcier; brothers, Andre, Antoine and Paul Pinard.

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