Anne Louise LeBlanc

*** POSTPONEMENT ***

THE WAKE FOR LOUISE HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28TH FROM 4 TO 7 P.M.

HER FUNERAL MASS WILL BE CELEBRATED AT SAINT MARY'S CHURCH 

ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 29TH AT 10 A.M.

Anne Louise (Brake) LeBlanc, of Waltham, died Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Newton-Wellesley Hospital. She was 94.

Louise was born on February 2, 1931 in New Waterford, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, one of thirteen children born to the late Charles and Mary (Blanchard) Brake. She moved to Brookline in her early twenties and in 1955 married East Margaree, Cape Breton native Gabriel L. LeBlanc at Saint Mary of the Assumption Church in Brookline. The couple soon moved to Waltham and became lifelong residents.

Louise was the consummate homemaker and took great care of her husband and her children. When the grandchildren and great-grandchildren began arriving, her life was complete. Her great-grandchildren always looked forward to visits to Great Nana’s to have a bowl of her homemade chicken soup followed by her Scottish oatcakes.

She and Gabe looked forward to yearly trips ‘back home’ to Cape Breton where time with family and friends was cherished. She could often be found knitting or baking wonderful treats at home but her real passion was shopping . . . there is hardly a store in New England that Louise didn’t step into . . . TJ Maxx was probably her favorite.

She also enjoyed vacations . . . and shopping . . . with her family in Freeport, Maine. In her younger years Louise was a talented skater and enjoyed the sport throughout her life.

In addition to her husband, Gabe, and her parents she was also predeceased by her brothers, Cyril, Charles, Raymond, Thomas and Joseph Brake.

She leaves her children, Shirley M. Brodie (William), Robert G. LeBlanc (Kathleen), all of Waltham, Michael T. LeBlanc (Anita) of Lewiston, Maine and Nadine A. LeBlanc of Waltham; her grandchildren, Cristina Brodie (Sesha), Jennifer Browne (Damien), Kelly Spellman (Thomas), John LeBlanc (Lee), Kimberly O’Toole (Christopher), Matthew LeBlanc (Meghan), Jonathan LeBlanc and Jeffrey LeBlanc; her great-grandchildren, Caroline, Liam, Fiona, Maggie, Gabriel, Luke, Jordan, Morgan, Claire, Murphy and Marlow; her sisters and brothers, Philip Brake of Waltham, Ursula LeBlanc of Chelmsford, Claudia MacNeil, Marshall Brake, both of Nova Scotia, Bernadette Cormier of Waltham, and Bernard Brake and Cecile Blackwood, both of Nova Scotia; her lifelong dear friend, Sally Braunstein and many nieces, nephews and their families.

Family and friends will honor and remember Louise's life by gathering for an Evening Wake in The Joyce Funeral Home, 245 Main Street (Rte. 20), Waltham on Wednesday, January 28th from 4 to 7 p.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning before leaving in procession to Saint Mary's Church, 133 School Street, Waltham where her Funeral Mass will celebrated at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Feake Cemetery, Waltham.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 - https://www.stjude.org/ or to Saint Mary's After School Program (ASP), 133 School Street, Waltham, MA 02451 - https://stmarywaltham.org/st-marys-after-school-program.