Lorraine (Chauvet) Brasda

Lorraine M. Brasda, 89, of McDonald, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 in Westfield, NY.

She was born July 18, 1923 in Sturgeon, a daughter of Alfred and Jane (Cadick) Chauvet.

Mrs. Brasda was a homemaker and very active in St. Alphonsus R.C. Church, McDonald.  She was a member of the church's Altar Society and Choir and was a teacher in the church's C.C.D. classes.

She was a member of the McDonald Women's Club and the McDonald Garden Club.  She volunteered for the McDonald Meals on Wheels program for more than 40 years and worked on the Board of Elections for 56 years.

On June 1, 1946, she married Stephen V. Brasda, who died October 9, 1999.

Surviving are two daughters, Kathryn L. (Robert) Richmond of Westfield, NY and Jane R. (Richard) Steer of Gerogetown, Ontario, Canada; a son, Stephen J. (Patti) Brasda of Port St. Lucie, FL; two sisters, Germaine Bres of Carnegie and Helen Morris of Sturgeon; a brother, Marcel "Mark" Chauvet of Cecil; five grandchildren, Matthew and Leah Richmond, Richie, Chris and Cameron Steer; a step great grandchild, Mary Hawkins; and many wonderful nieces and nephews.

Deceased are four brothers, Alfred, Lucien, Louis "Pie" and Frank Chauvet.

Friends will be received from 2 -4 and from 7 -9 p.m. Monday at Nation Funeral Home, Inc., 220 E. Lincoln Ave., McDonald.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 14 at St. Alphonsus R.C. Church, McDonald, with Rev. Carl J. Gentile, celebrant.  Burial will follow in Resurrection Cemetery, Moon Township.  Memorials are suggested to St. Alphonsus R.C. Church or to the McDonald Volunteer Fire Department.