Lescun is a story that started at a young age. Ghislaine, born in Nancy in 1943 to a Lorrain father and a Pau mother, grew up and attended school in Pau. She would come to Lescun on vacation with her close friend and twin sister at the family home of the Legrix de la Salle. Studying psychology, she was deeply concerned with the human aspect. In Pau, she met a Breton from Nantes, Gwenaël. The family grew with four children, moving to Nantes, then the Paris region, and Lille, but every year, there were vacations in Lescun.
In 1997, the couple decided to acquire and renovate a house in the heart of the village; they moved there in 2006, upon Ghislaine’s retirement. By settling permanently in Lescun with her husband Gwenaël, with whom she shared everything and more, she embraced a territory and its people, even helping with cheese making on a farm in the village.
At the origin of many initiatives
A woman of conviction and character, she immersed herself in this mountain valley by sharing what was deeply ingrained in her: a certain vision of culture, a revitalizing force that gives meaning to life.
A creator on all levels, a woman of letters and heart, she initiated many projects open to the world with humanity. She started the first reading group in the Aspe valley, where sharing favorite books from the heart was not common.
In Lescun, she created the Lescunales, a magnificent collective effort to promote artistic creation at the heart of the village, in people’s homes. She wrote in 2012: “To exhibit, was also for the host to open his barn, let the stranger in and enjoy his visit instead of being afraid: it is not nothing! Without this openness, the artists would not have found a place, nor would this joyous wind blow so freely.”
Engagements and fights
She was also part of the Phonies Bergères, whole, vibrant, and disruptive, as well as in the first board of directors of Aspe Solidaire in 2011 to support initiatives in the valley.
Her commitments were numerous, nothing left her indifferent, from fights to shared moments, when a stranger’s gaze on the street turned into a conversation punctuated by smiles.
On Saturday, April 11th at 4 pm, a tribute ceremony to Ghislaine Le Divelec will be held at the Sainte-Eulalie church in Lescun, followed by burial in the cemetery. It is requested not to bring cut flower bouquets but a simple flower, a poem, or a page from a book to place on her grave, or even a stone for a cairn. Those who wish can make a donation to the Association for the Right to Die with Dignity (https://www.admd.org/don).
To her husband, her children – Gaétan, Laetitia, Grégoire, and Olivia – her grandchildren, and all their loved ones, our newspaper offers its sincere condolences.
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