If you knew Alice M. Le Brun, you knew that family, friends, and faith were her DNA, her bedrock, and her lifeline. She fiercely defended and relied upon each throughout her lifetime.
Alice was a loving wife, a dedicated mother and mother-in-law and a devoted grandmother. She was an aunt to many and God mother to others. She was a woman of deep faith, a loyal friend, and served her community with pride.
At the golden age of 91, she unexpectedly passed away Monday, January 6, 2025, surrounded by and enveloped in love and peace with her family.
Friends and family are invited to attend calling hours Friday, January 10, from 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Mull Funeral Home, 113 Virginia Street, Waterloo. A mass of Christian burial will be Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Church, Center Street, Waterloo. She will be laid to rest beside her loving and devoted husband, Louis, following the mass in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Alice was born April 19, 1933 in Geneva, N.Y., the daughter of the late Cornelius J. and Alice R. (Riley) Taney. Alice was a 1951 graduate of DeSales High School then went to work for the telephone company. She married the love of her life, Louis, in 1955 and they were blessed with four children: Mary Ellen, David, Stephen and Michelle. With tribulations also came trials when her daughter Mary Ellen, unexpectedly passed away at the age of 13. Family, friends and faith helped to endure. Her generous spirit was second to none: As a member of the Saint Francis Saint Clair Parish, Alice was a Eucharistic minister for many years, a member of the Catholic Daughters of America Court Theresa 806, and St.Mary's Rosary and Altar Society. She was a thirty year member of Phi Beta Psi Sorority. She volunteered for the Waterloo Memorial Day Museum and the Celebrate Commemorate Committee, the Seneca County Children's Committee, and was a former election commissioner. She was also member of Concerned Citizens for Seneca County, 20 Stitches Sewing Club (over 50 years), Bunco Club, an avid bridge player, and golfer.
She is survived by her children; Dave (Teresa Beatini), Steve (Petra Anderson) and Michelle (Elbert Eller) LeBrun, grandchildren; Ronna, Reid, Chase, Philip LeBrun, and Margaux and Michael Eller; Doris Taney, her sister-in-law; and sidekick, many nieces, nephews, cousins and more friends than one could count, but could always be counted on.
Besides her parents, Alice is preceded in death by her husband; Louis, whom she was married to for 62 years until his passing in 2018, her daughter, Mary Ellen; her grandson, Andrew; brothers, Alfred, Fr. Frank, Robert J. and Cornelius Taney and sister, Margaret Taney Robinson.
Alice was as dependable as the sunrise. Her heart was as big as the moon. Her spirit was larger than life. And her love for her family, friends and faith was admirable and an example for others. She will be greatly missed, but her effect forever felt to the lives she touched.
