Devona Paquette

1930 - 1993  (63 years)

• Name	Devona Paquette
  Born	1930	Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Business	10 Water St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Gallery
  Name	Devona McLorn
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-339190
  Died	27 Jun 1993	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Buried	30 Jun 1993	Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I339190	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Philip Raitt McLorn,   b. 1933, Tientsin, , Tianjin, China ,   d. 12 Jun 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F249148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Mrs. Philip McLorn Ayr artist Devona McLorn whose work was well-known locally and internationally, passed away at St. Mary's Hospital. Kitchener on Sunday, June 27th. 1993. She was in her 63rd year. Born in Woodstock. she was a daughter of the late Lionel Paquette and Kathleen McCarthy. For the past 30 years following graduation from Ontario college of Art in Toronto, she had taught both out of her studio and at art schools. She was renowned for her water-colours, painted under her maiden name Devona Paquette. her love of people and life. A popular yearly event, attended by many, was the annual open house she and her husband Philip hosted at their gallery at 10 Water Street Ayr. She supported numerous community and charitable organizations through art donations. Devona was a recent recipient of the K-W Oktoberfest woman of the year award in the culture category. Dearest wife of Philip McLorn. Loving mother of Michelle TrendelI and her husband Craig Trendell of Ayr. Mary McLorn Valle and her husband Tony Valle of Regina and Dan McLorn or Ayr. Mrs McLorn will he sadly missed by her grandchildren Sean and Megan Trendell. She is also survived by one sister Dollene Paquette of' Woodstock. Rested at Westmount Funeral Home. Kitchener. where prayers will be offered today (Wed.) at 1230 p.m. Funeral mass will follow at 1: 00 p.m. at Sacrament R. C. Church. 305 Laurentian Drive, Kitchener Interment Ayr Cemetery. The Ayr News 30 Jun 1993 pg 15

  
  

• Sources

  [S367] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Ayr - Ayr Public CC#4489 Internet Link . Devona Paquette McLorn/ Artist/ 1930 - 1993/ She loved life and/ Lived it to the fullest/ Devona loved her family/ her friends and her art/ Reste Tranquille [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171090344/devona-mclorn.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 1930 - Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Business - Gallery - - 10 Water St., Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 Jun 1993 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 30 Jun 1993 - Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth