This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cousineau Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jJQ.2ACIB/226 Message Board Post: Sharon Springs (NY) -- Mary J. Cousineau entered into eternal life Tuesday, November 5, 2002, at Little Falls Hospital after a long illness. Born in Manitoba, Canada on September 14, 1913, Mrs. Cousineau came to the United States in 1937 and moved to Sharon Springs in 1941. She had been a resident of the St. Johnsville Rehabilitation and Nursing Center since July 2000. For many years, she ran a poultry farm in Sharon Springs with her husband, Alex Cousineau. They were married October 30, 1933. He died in 1977. She was a talented gardener, and she was very fond of growing flowers. Also, she was an excellent baker and she participated in all the area bake sales. Mrs. Cousineau was an active member of the Sharon Springs Silver and Gold Club and was a communicant of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. Survivors include two sons, Omer Cousineau and his wife, Barbara, of Sharon Springs, and Alexander Leonard Cousineau and his wife, Ruth, of Newark, NJ; a daughter, Jeannette Kling and her husband, Paul, of Sharon Springs; seven grandsons, Nicholas Kling and Bryon, Eric, David, Richard, Stephen, and Simon Cousineau; six granddaughters, Renee Cousineau Brown, Andrea Cousineau Melville, Luce Aguero Cousineau, Jennifer Kling Brennan, Amanda Kling, and Jessica Kling Betts; and 12 great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Leonel Cousineau in 1979. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Route 20. Burial will follow at Slate Hill Cemetery, town of Sharon. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the Lappeus Funeral Home, 113 Park St., Sharon Springs. Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Research Fund NENY Chapter, 85 Watervliet Ave., Albany, NY 12206.