Breaux Bridge A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am, on Monday, December 1, 2014, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Chester Thibodeaux, Sr., 83, who passed away on Thursday, November 27, 2014, at Lafayette General Medical Center.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 3:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Sunday and continue at 8:00 am until 9:30 am on Monday. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 pm on Sunday by Deacon Marcel Butch Hebert.
Rev. David Broussard will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Readers will be Keisha Savoy and Brandi Cole. Gift Bearers will be Brenda Thibodeaux, Vickie Courville and Gwendolyn Bouquet. Music will be provided by Pat Menard and Beth Hebert. Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2 in Breaux Bridge.
Chester retired from Cargill after 44 years as an Electrician. He was an avid hunter and softball player. He was a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather.
He is survived by his son, C. J. Thibodeaux and his wife, Brenda; his daughters, Deborah Savoy and her husband, Bob, Donna Dupuis, Ellen Ellington and her husband, William; his step-daughters, Dianne Latiolais and Bonnie Latiolais and her husband, Rick; his brothers, Ronnie Thibodeaux and his wife, Betty, and Terry Thibodeaux and his wife, Stephanie; seven grandchildren, Keisha Savoy, Chad Dupuis, Christopher Dupuis, Colin Thibodeaux, Jason Thibodeaux, Brandi Cole, and Brandon Ellington; five step-grandchildren, Gary Latiolais, Maria Hanes, Kristi LeBlanc, Karen Sonnier, and Scotty Latiolais; six great grandchildren, Gwendolyn Bouquet, Gavin Bouquet, Corrine Thibodeaux, Ruby Thibodeaux, A. J. Dupuis, and Brayden Cole; and nine step-great grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his father, Dieu Donne Thibodeaux; his mother, Helen Hebert Thibodeaux; his 1st wife, Jeanne Martin Thibodeaux, 2nd wife, Darlene Barrios Thibodeaux, and 3rd wife, Norma Gravouia Thibodeaux; and his brother, Harry Thibodeaux.
Pallbearers will be Chad Dupuis, Christopher Dupuis, Colin Thibodeaux, Jason Thibodeaux, Ronnie Thibodeaux, and Terry Thibodeaux.
Honorary pallbearers will be Brandon Ellington, Tyler Courville, Jason Knott, Aaron Knott, Terry Quebedeaux, and William Ellington.
Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 70517, (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements.
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