Ronald Willard

(Joseph) Ronald James Willard was born of William Ouellette and Doris Foster on 25 April 1938 at Cornwall, Ontario. For reasons not yet known he was not baptised until almost 12 years later on 6 January 1950, and confirmed 18 April of that year at Trois-Rivières.

He married Lucia Duchesne on 7 January 1956 at Trois-Rivières and fathered Jean-Jacques (1955), Sidney, Sharon, Thomas, Dwayne, and Jennifer Willard. They raised Daniel Gendron from infancy (though Daniel was only officially adopted circa 2005, after Ronald's death). It is likely he resided at Trois-Rivières until at least April 1962, when Jean-Jacques was confirmed there. He resided at Domaine Levesque from 1973 until circa 1981, when he moved to Sept-Îles.

He worked for an unknown period of time at the Sept-Îles hospital as an aide-masculin in the kitchens (probably as a cook, among other tasks) and later in the laundry. He died at the age of 44 years on 27 September 1982 at the hospital and was buried two days later.