Barbara Voight LeSueur Obituary

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Barbara Voight LeSueur, age 91. She passed peacefully with her family by her side in Brockville, Ontario. Her loving husband and dear companion of 69 years, Richard Vryling LeSueur, passed away just two months before her. They are now reunited.

Barbara leaves behind her four children: Linda Darragh (Alex) Evanston, IL.; Rev. Richard LeSueur (Rhonde Gerhart) Canmore, AB; David LeSueur (Rebecca Philips) Brockville, ON; Anne Pye (Michael) Maui, Hawaii.

Loved dearly were her 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Grammy, as she was known, was always interested in their lives and kept up spirited e-mails with Hillary, Jeffrey and Christopher Darragh; Jamie and Phillip LeSueur; Cameron and Trevor LeSueur; and William, Thomas and Sarah Pye. She was great grandmother to Nicolas, Felipe and Gabriel Darragh and step-grandmother to Hallie and Mallory Philips.
Music consumed a large part of her early life with both the piano and viola. From an early age, she enjoyed sewing and embroidering. She was a graduate of Wellesley College, a life member and president of the Embroiderers Association of Canada and was the founding president of the Toronto Guild of Stitchery.

As a devoted Christian, she was active in the ecumenical midweek Sunday School at Moore Park/Rosedale, was a board member of Rosedale United Church and later a warden of St. Paul’s Perrytown, Port Hope.

She served as a volunteer in many capacities, among which was the Vancouver Aquarium, the orchid greenhouses in Selby Gardens, Sarasota, FL., and earlier in a transition house for released women prisoners in Toronto.

A private Memorial Service for both Barbara and Richard will occur at Trinity College School chapel in Port Hope.