Leonie M. Chandonnet

Born in Manchester on August 25, 1905, she was the daughter of Louis P. and Leonie (Quirin) Chandonnet.

She attended Manchester schools, received her BA, with honors from Wellesley College in 1927, her MA from Middlebury College in 1931 and a Normal Degree in Advanced French Literature from Sorbonne University, Paris. She also studied at the University of Bordeaux and the University of Strasbourg. She earned advanced academic credits in French Studies at Harvard University, Boston, MA, Boston University and the University of New Hampshire in 1939. Miss Chandonnet assisted in the revision of Chardenal French Grammar.

Miss Chandonnet taught French in Groton, MA and Swampscott, MA before going to Newton, MA where she taught for 34 years. After her retirement in 1965 she lived in Manchester for 24 years upon moving to Concord, NH in 1989.

She was a member of the Wellesley College NH Club, the Manchester Women's Club, the Elliot Hospital Association, The Currier Gallery of Art and the Manchester Historic Association. Miss Chandonnet was also one of the oldest parishoners of St. Catherine Church.

In Her Life: She was the last surviving sister of six. Family members include; a niece, Jeanne M. Benjamin of Georgetown, MA; 4 grand nieces, Valerie Johnson, Jacqueline Downing, Mary Joe Bagley and Karen Bagley; 4 grand nephews, Robert Benjamin Jr., James Bagely, Kenneth Bagely, Mark Laserte and John Laserte; 11 great nieces and nephews.

A mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Wednesday October 12, 2005 in St. Catherine Church, 207 Hemlock St., Manchester. Burial followed in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Goffstown Rd., Manchester.

Memorial Donations may be made to the Resident Support Fund of Havenwood, 33 Christian Ave., Concord, NH 03301 or to St. Catherine Church, 207 Hemlock St. Manchester, NH, 03104.