Leblanc, Ronald Charles, 59 of Frankville passed away Monday April 4th, 2022, at St. Martha’s Regional Hospital in Antigonish.
Born in Moncton, New Brunswick, Ron was the son of the late Pierre and Jeannine (Melanson) Leblanc.
At a young age, Ron excelled at hockey; a love he passed on to his son, Charlie. Nothing gave him greater joy than to see his son on ice or his daughter, Leah, on the Volleyball court. His children were his biggest source of pride.
Despite the educational obstacles Ron faced, with great perseverance, he was able to combine his professional drumming while returning to school, eventually earning his B.A in music and his Bachelor of Education from St F. X. University, where he met his wife, Monica. Ron was truly a life-long student who had an unsurpassed love of learning. He was continuously striving to improve his knowledge of musical technology to help the many musicians who frequented his studio. He shared in the joy of his students' musical successes and was their greatest cheering squad
Ron was a teacher and later a consultant with the CSAP School Board. An avid musician, Ron was a very talented drummer who considered his bandmates to be family. He performed in many bands including Trax, Breakaway, Haywire, Rock Island Blues Band, Saddletramp, Boys Gone Wild, Adam’s Orange, and more recently, Flipside and Hammer Down. He always looked forward to heading to Cheticamp to play percussion with the orchestra for Le Grand Cercle and in house bands for Le festival de l’Escaouette. He cherished the many friendships he made along the way.
Ron was a fixer, a creator, an inventor, and jig-master. Detailed oriented, there are a lucky few who have a piece of his wooden works of art. His craftsmanship and attention to detail was second to none. He also enjoyed anything computer related, especially audio production in his home studio.
One of the highlights of Ron’s year was the extended family gathering of the LeBlanc family in Bathurst, NB. Ron would practice as soon as the snow left the ground for the ladder ball tournaments he was bound and determined to win.
Besides his mother, he is survived by his wife, Monica (Theriault); daughter, Leah; son, Charlie; sisters, Pierette (John Butler) Bathurst, Natalie, Fredericton; brothers, Claude and Robert (Tanya), Bathurst; and several special nieces and nephews.
Funeral Mass will be held Friday, May 20th at 11:00am in St. Paul's Church in Havre Boucher with Reverend Allan MacPhie presiding.
Memorial donations may be made to the Antigonish Town and County Palliative Care Society.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of C.L. Curry Funeral Home, Antigonish. Online condolences: www.clcurry.com.