He was born in Chatham and was a son of the late Hector and Florence (Couture) Ouellette. Beloved husband of 49 years to Sandy (Murphy) Ouellette. Loving father and father-in-law of Carey and Rob Dekoning, Kim and Phil VanGeersdaelen and Renée and Dean Forgie. Cherished grandfather of Katie, Carter, Tony, Quentin, Lexeia and Keltin. Kind brother of Marie and Bill Fish, Lionel and Cathy Ouellette and Wayne and Jill Ouellette. Kind brother-in-law of John and the late Melba Murphy, Pat and Connie Murphy, Nancy and Bob Lozon and the late Ron Murphy. He will be missed by many nieces and nephews. Lenard had worked at Waltec, in Wallaceburg, for over 42 years. He then went to work at the Duststop in Petrolia for the past 10 years. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 18, in Wallaceburg. He enjoyed collecting comic books, woodworking, golfing, hunting, archery and spending time with his grandchildren.