Lenard Author Chartrand's Obituary
Lenard Author Chartrand, 84 years of East Carondelet, IL, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2025 at Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL. He was born January 30, 1941, in Dupo, IL.
Lenard was a farmer for many years. He and Alice were members of the Waterloo Farmers Market Community for many years and the St. Clair County Farmer Bureau. Lenard enjoyed basketball, bass fishing, rabbit hunting and he enjoyed and appreciated buying an old 2 cylinder John Deere and bringing it back to life. He was proud of the fact that he could build and fix anything.
Surviving are his wife of 64 years, Alice Chartrand, nee Laurent, his children, Angela Otten, Richard (Jill) Chartrand, Louis (Marion) Chartrand, and Lenard (Hope Robinson) Chartrand, his grandchildren, Richard Chartrand Jr., Alyssa (Brendon) Scanlon, Andrew Otten, Elizabeth (Jeff) Wiethop, Benjamin (Paige) Chartrand, Samuel Chartrand, Briley Chartrand, and Cameron Chartrand, his great-grandchildren, August Scanlon, Macey Chartrand and two on the way, his sister, Kathy Martin, his brother-in-law, Bill Duff, his close nephew, Michael (April) Chartrand and his family, along with other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his son in infancy, Alan Chartrand, his parents, Lenard "Lee" A. and Marcella, nee Steppig, Chartrand, his brother, Michael Chartrand and his sister, Janet Duff.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm, at Leesman Funeral Home in Dupo, IL., and on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 an hour before the service. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday August 20, 2025, at Leesman Funeral Home in Dupo, IL., with Charles Johnson, officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois.
In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions be directed to St. Joseph Indian School, P. O. Box 300, Chamberlain, SD. 57325. For more information, please access our website, www.leesmanfuneralhome.com. Arrangements were handled by Leesman Funeral Home.
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