David J. LEBLANC

TROY, N.Y. — David J. LeBlanc, 54, died Dec. 20, 2005, at Samaritan Hospital in Troy, after being stricken at his residence.He was born in Rutland, Vt., the son of Leon and Charolet LeBlanc, and attended Castleton State College.He was a U.S. Air Force veteran serving in the Vietnam War, and a member of the Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Green Island.Survivors include his wife, Starr Sawyer LeBlanc of Troy; his children, Jessica and Jamie LeBlanc of Vermont, Daniel, David, Tiffany, Shelly and William LeBlanc, all of Troy, Frank, Adam and Randy Passonno, all of Watervliet; eight grandchildren; his siblings, Barbara Morgan of Rutland, Vt., Joan Batchelder of Hampton, N.H., Nancy Ingalls of Clarendon, Vt., Charleen Geno of Hartland, Vt., and Leon LeBlanc of Johnson City, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.The funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2005, at the Dufresne Funeral Home Inc., 216 Columbia St., Cohoes, with the Rev. Arthur Becker officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 7 p.m. before the service Thursday at the funeral home.Burial will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2005, in Gerald B. H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville.