Esther LeClere April 28, 1941 – March 16, 2023

      Esther LeClere, 81, of Monticello, died Thursday, March 16, 2023 at St. Lukes Hospital, Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness.

    A celebration of life gathering will be held from 1 until 4 p.m. Saturday, April 8, 2023 at the Hopkinton Community Center. Goettsch Funeral Home has taken Esther and her family into their care. By visiting Goettschonline.com you may share your thoughts, memories and condolences with Esther's family and sign the online guest book.

    Surviving is her husband, Kenneth "Barney" LeClere; her children, Kenneth LeClere, Jodi Davis, Donna LeClere, Mark (Cindy) LeClere, Scott (Mary) LeClere; 14 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and her sister, Zetta LeClere. She was preceded in death by her parents; her step-father, David Von Stein; a son Gregory; and her brothers, Roger and Elmer (Sonny) Goodreau.

    Esther Irene Goodreau was born April 28, 1941 in Linn County, Iowa. She was the daughter of Elmer and Beulah Varner, Goodreau. Esther graduated from Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids. She married Kenneth (Barney) LeClere on June 10, 1959. The couple lived in Montana and North Dakota while Barney was in the Air Force. They later lived in Cedar Rapids and Hopkinton before making their home in Monticello. Esther was a homemaker and worked for Lux Farms. She loved to go dancing whenever she could.