Brother Henry Baldwin, 93, died on March 16,2025, at Ave Maria Home in Memphis, Tennessee. A De La Salle Christian Brother for 71 years,he was born Gerald Lecuyer on May 10, 1931, to Armand Lecuyer and Antoinette(Rivard) Lecuyer in Bourbonnais, Illinois. He graduated from Loyola University in Chicago, IL with a B.S. inHumanities and from St. Mary’s College in Winona, MN with a M.Ed., and fromGeorge Peabody College in Nashville, TN with a M.L.S., and from ImmaculateConception Seminary in Mahwah, NJ with a M.A. Survivors include his niece, Ms. Christine Raymond of Bourbonnais, IL,and the De La Salle Christian Brothers
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Saint Patrick High School, Chicago, IL, 1955-1959
Lourdes High School, Oshkosh, WI, 1959-1961
Bishop Kelley High School, Tulsa, OK, 1961-1963
Christian Brothers College High School, St. Louis, MO, 1963-1965
Saint Paul High School, Chicago, IL, 1965-1966
Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, TN, 1969-1976
Saint Mary’s College, Winona, MN, 1976-1979
Immaculate Conception Seminary, Mahwah, NJ - Student, 1979-1981
Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, MO, 1981-1988
University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, IL, 1988-2008
Christian Brothers High School Community, Memphis, TN, 2008-2023
Ave Maria Home, Memphis, TN, 2023-2025
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Gerald Lecuyer (Brother Henry Baldwin, FSC), son of ArmandLecuyer and Antoinette Rivard Lecuyer, was born May 10, 1931, in Bourbonnais,Illinois. His sister Theresa LecuyerRaymond and brother Jim Lecuyer predeceased their brother. Gerald attended Notre Dame Elementary andSaint Patrick High Schools in Bourbonnais. He earned a bachelor’s degree atLoyola University in Chicago before entering the De La Salle ChristianBrothers’ Novitiate in 1953 in Glencoe, MO and received the habit in August of1953 and religious name Brother Henry Baldwin. He earned master’s Degrees from St. Mary’s University in Winona, MN,Goerge Peabody College in Nashville, TN, and Immaculate Conception Seminary inMahwah, NJ. Brother Henry taught at St. Patrick HighSchool and St. Paul Shared Time School in Chicago, Lourdes High School inOshkosh, Wisconsin, Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa, OK, and Christian BrothersHigh School in Memphis where he was Librarian. He was Principal and Director at Christian Brothers College High Schoolin St. Louis from 1963 to 1969. He was Librarian at St. Mary’s University inWinona, Aquinas Institute in St. Louis, and University of St. Mary of the Lakein Mundelein, IL. In 2008 Brother Henryreturned to CBHS in Memphis to spend his retirement years. He moved to Ave Maria Home February 23, 2323,and it was from there he entered eternity March 16, 2025. His care at Ave Maria was excellent! A Memorial Mass for Brother Henry Baldwinwill be April 29, 2025, 4:00 p.m., in the Chapel of Christian Brothers HighSchool in Memphis. The celebrant andhomilist will be longtime friend of Brother Henry…Father Tom Lindner …of theDiocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Memorials for Brother Henry may be sent to the De La Salle ChristianBrothers of the Midwest District, 7650 So. County Line Rd., Burr Ridge, IL 60527-7959.
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