Church Point, La. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, September 25, 2012 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Church Point, La. for Mary Alice LeJeune, 83, the former Mary Alice Thibodeaux. Mrs. LeJeune, a native and long-time resident of Church Point, died at 5:20 A.M. Sunday, September 23 at Acadia-St. Landry Hospital in Church Point. Monsignor Jefferson J. DeBlanc will conduct the services with interment following in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Cemetery adjacent to the church.
Survivors include her husband of sixty-six years, Horace "Too-Too" LeJeune of Church Point; a son, Donald LeJeune and wife Claire of Church Point; a daughter-in-law, Dorothy S. LeJeune and a grandson, Charles LeJeune and wife Crystal-all of Eunice, La.; two granddaughters, Emily Ostos of Duluth, Mn. and Courtney Jennings and husband Kurt of Port Barre, La.; five great-grandchildren: Tyler, Brian and Noah LeJeune and Madison and Gavin Jennings; a brother, Huey Thibodeaux and wife Gertrude of Lewisburg, La.; three sisters-in-law: Norma Thibodaux of Opelousas, La., Goldie Thibodaux of Sunset, La. and Marie Thibodeaux of Odessa, Tex.; a brother-in-law, Jimmy Stoute of Iowa, La. and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Drozen and Elvina (Jagneaux) Thibodeaux; a son, Ronald Dale LeJeune; a sister, Ethel T. Stoute and four brothers: John Roosevelt, Joseph "R.L.", John Leander "Joe" and John Carrol Thibodeaux.
The family requested that visiting hours be observed from 2:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. on Monday, September 24 and continue from 8:00 A.M. Tuesday until the time of the services. A recitation of the Rosary will be held at 7:00 P.M. on Monday.
"Many knew her as "Taunte Alice". She worked at the Dairy Pride in Church Point for many years. She loved cooking, baking and tending her flowers and especially spending time with friends, relatives and neighbors. A devout Catholic, she was a member of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and found great joy and peace in reciting her rosary daily."