{"id":13684,"date":"2025-05-21T09:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/obituaries\/mario-lafontaine\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T09:32:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:32:22","slug":"mario-lafontaine","status":"publish","type":"obituary","link":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/obituaries\/mario-lafontaine\/","title":{"rendered":"Mario Lafontaine"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":10575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-13684","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"email_obituary":"","death_place":"","obituary_birth_date":"March 11, 1957","obituary_death_date":" May 8, 2025","death_age":"","obituary_description":"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Mario Lafontaine, who left this world peacefully at his home in Shawinigan on May 8, 2025, at the age of 68. A man of heart, he was a loving father, a loyal friend, and a man whose kindness and generosity left an indelible mark on the lives of all who knew him. \n\nMario was known for his gentleness, his patience, and his comforting smile. His reassuring presence and attentive listening made him a pillar for his family and loved ones. His benevolence, his sense of humor, and his ability to always see the bright side of things will remain engraved in our hearts.  \n\nHe leaves to mourn:\n\n\u2022 His children: Kassandra Lafontaine (Kaven K\u00e8gle-M\u00e9lan\u00e7on), Pascal Lafontaine (Vicky Drolet)\n\u2022 His grandchildren: Nikola Lafontaine, Daren K\u00e8gle-M\u00e9lan\u00e7on, Megan K\u00e8gle-M\u00e9lan\u00e7on, and Ayden Lafontaine\n\u2022 His sisters: Lynda Lafontaine, Sylvie Lafontaine (Jean Brouillette)\n\u2022 His brothers: Guy Lafontaine (Guylaine Gingras), Claude Lafontaine\n\nAs well as several nephews, nieces, cousins, aunt, uncle, and many friends.\n\nMario, you will remain forever in our hearts.","exposition":{"location":"Saint-Paul Church","address":"499, 6e Avenue de Grand-M\u00e8re, Shawinigan (QC) G9T 2H3","repeater":[{"date":"06\/21\/2025","starting_hour":"14:00","ending_hour":"15:00"}]},"ceremony":{"location":"Saint-Paul Church","address":"499, 6e Avenue de Grand-M\u00e8re, Shawinigan (QC) G9T 2H3","repeater":[{"date":"06\/21\/2025","starting_hour":"15:00","ending_hour":"15:30"}]},"burrial":{"location":"The burial of the ashes will take place privately at Saint-Louis Cemetery in Grand-M\u00e8re.","specific_location":"","address":"","repeater":null},"reception":{"location":"","address":"","repeater":null},"thanks":"A special thought to Dominique V\u00e9zina, Clo\u00e9 V\u00e9zina, and Yan V\u00e9zina, whose presence and affection have been a great source of comfort.","organism_list":null,"other_organisms":"","funeral_home":[666],"other_funeral_homes":"","memoriam_option":"none","memoriam_images_base_repeater":null,"memoriam_images_premium_repeater":null,"qr_plaque_option":"none","qr_plaque_quantity":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/13684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13684"}],"acf:post":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/funeral_home\/666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/publideces.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}