LaPorte, Lucy Colleen (Reardon) (1928 - 2020)

LAPORTE, REARDON, LEE, KEALEY, ESSAY, VALLEJO, GRADY

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 11/24/2020 at 16:18:32

Name of deceased: Lucy Colleen (“Colleen”) LaPorte (nee Reardon)

Aged: 92 yrs, 8 mo, 23 days

Residence: El Rancho, Santa Fe County, NM

Born: Feb. 17, 1928; Helena, Lewis and Clark County, MT

Died: Nov. 9, 2020; El Rancho, Santa Fe County, NM

Funeral services: Private, El Rancho, Santa Fe County, NM

Survived by: Nieces and nephews, Jeannine Lee, John Reardon, Janet Reardon, James Reardon, Julie Reardon, Cheryl Kealey, Cynthia Essay, and Candy Vallejo; cousins, Shirley and Donna, whom she loved like sisters; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Mother, Mary Ann Grady of Helena, MT; father, Francis Cyril Reardon; step-father, James Francis Reardon; husband, Dowayne; brother, Joseph Reardon

Education: Attended and graduated from schools in Helena, MT; she received a college scholarship to the University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth, KS. and received her teaching degree.

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Dowayne LaPorte; 1973; location not provided

Employment: While attending collage in Leavenworth, KS, she joined the Sisters of Charity there and became a teacher. She taught music and gave piano lessons most of her life. After her marriage to Dowayne, she was a teacher at Hernandez Elementary School and then at Holy Cross Elementary in Pojoaque, NM. She was later a teacher and principal at St. Michael’s Catholic School, Harlan, IA

Hobbies/Interests: Was a member of the Woman’s Auxiliary in Pojoaque, NM, and volunteered for many years at the hospital in Espanola; also volunteered at the Santa Fe Opera; she accompanied many choirs at her parish and accompanied choirs at the Annual Southwest and National Catholic Charismatic Conferences.

Sources: harlanonline.com; tributearchive.com