Wayne LeFrancois

Wayne LeFrancois, 66 of Clitherall died Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Fargo .

Lewis Wayne LeFrancois was born on October 4, 1944 in St. Louis , Missouri the son of Lewis E. and Peggy (Sladek) Meyers. He attended school in California , and after high school served in the U. S. Navy, stationed in Long Beach , California , Pearl Harbor , Hawaii and then served in Vietnam as a Third Class Petty Officer in supplies. After his discharge he moved to Oregon where he attended two years of college in accounting.

Wayne and Linda Patraw were married on May 2, 1964 in Torrance , California . They lived in Oregon where Wayne was General Manager with Diamond Industries in Grants Pass , Oregon . In 1979 they moved to Minnesota where he then began over the road truck driving for Wahpeton Canvas, Jim Anderson Trucking, Fosse Trucking. He also worked for Ottertail Coaches, driving charter buses to various locations along with school bus driving in Fergus Falls . He finished his truck driving career with Viesmann Trucking of Wahpeton. Wayne enjoyed gardening, flower gardening which he was very proud of his Dahlias, woodworking, fishing and he loved to cook.

He is survived by his wife, Linda; six children, Penny, April, Candace, Peggy, Wayne Jr. and Christopher; nineteen grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two sisters, Patricia and Delores and by numerous friends and relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents.