IOTA ~ A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, March 18, 2016 for Clarice Zaunbrecher Lejeune, who died at 3:23 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, 2016 at her residence in Iota, La.
Fr. Jude Thierry will celebrate the services and a burial will follow in the St. Joseph Cemetery.
Visitation will be observed on Thursday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. until service time. The rosary will be prayed at 6:30 p.m. Thursday by the Catholic Daughters.
Clarice was a longtime member of Saint Joseph Catholic Church where she was a member of the Ladies Altar Society, Catholic Daughters of America and was an Adorer of the Saint Joseph Adoration Chapel. She was a talented seamstress who could sew anything from doll clothes, to baby clothes, to her daughter’s wedding dresses, mostly without a pattern. She was also talented in the kitchen and could cook or bake anything without a recipe. She had a love of flowers and had an artist’s eye when it came to gardening, fashion and home decorating. But most of all, she had God first in her life, cared for her family and deeply enjoyed her grandchildren.
She is survived by her seven children, Cynthia Marie Lejeune Nobles and her husband Howard of Baton Rouge, LA, Sharon Ann Lejeune Menard and her husband Dr. Ron of Crowley, LA, Judy Marie Lejeune Burton and her husband James of Iota, LA, Carolyn Kay Lejeune Duos and her husband Dr. Clay of Eunice, LA, Michael William Lejeune and his wife Monica of Iota, LA, Mary Ellen LeJeune Sistrunk and her husband Tim of Baton Rouge, LA and Timothy Dwayne Lejeune and his wife Marilyn of Tickfaw, LA; two sisters Mary Jo Foreman of Indian Bayou, LA and Wanda Launey of Baton Rouge, LA; 15 grandchildren, Ashley M. Fontenot, Allison Menard, Aaron Burton, Will Burton, Andrea Burton, Caroline Duos Mazoch, Claire Duos Joubert, Natalie Duos, Michaela L. Lavergne, Caitlin L. Leblanc, Jake-Michael Lejeune, Joshua Lejeune, Courtney Lejeune, Amelia Lejeune and Abby Lejeune and eight great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were James Burton, Tim Sistrunk, Dr. Ronald Menard, Jake Michael Lejeune, Will Burton, and Dr. Clay Duos. Honorary pallbearer was Howard Nobles.
She was preceded in death by her husband Rodney Lejeune; her parents Nicholas and Josephine Cramer Zaunbrecher; two infant grandchildren Nicholas and Samuel Lejeune; two brothers Willie and Otto Zaunbrecher and two sisters Wilma Regan and Elaine Leger.
Special thanks to Dr. M.N. Katira, Dr. James Dobbs, Dr. Kevin Courville and LA Hospice and Palliative Care for their loving care and support. A special thanks to Myrtle Kibodeaux for all the love and kindness you have shown to our special mother.
The family requests memorial donations be made to, St. Francis School, 490 St. Joseph Avenue, Iota, La 70543
Condolences may be sent to the family by www.geesey-ferguson.com
Arrangements were entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 509 Duson Avenue, Iota, LA 70543, 337-779-2669.