Cecelia "Tootsie" LaFond

MALTA-Cecelia "Tootsie" LaFond, 89, our beloved mother, died Oct. 1, 2015 at the Hi-Line Retirement Center of natural causes.

Rosary will be 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at the Kirkwood Memorial Chapel in Malta. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Thursday, October 8, 2015 at the chapel. Interment will be in the Malta Cemetery. Condolences for the family may be left at www.kirkwoodfuneralhome.com.

Cecelia was the last of eight children born to Louie and Nolia Fortin of the Harb community on Dec. 19, 1925. At 5 ½ months old, her mother, Nolia, passed away and was then raised...