Edward Sr. LeBlanc

Breaux Bridge - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 1:00 pm, on Saturday, September 13, 2014, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Edward LeBlanc, Sr., 83, who passed away on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at St. Martin Hospital. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 12 noon until 10:00 pm on Friday, and continue on Saturday at 7:00 am until 12:30 pm. A rosary will be recited at 7:00 pm on Friday. Rev. David Broussard will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Kaydence LeBlanc and Madeline LeBlanc. Gift Bearers will be Katelynn LeBlanc, Jude LeBlanc, and Cali LeBlanc. Entombment will follow at St. Bernard Mausoleum - No. 2 in Breaux Bridge. Mr. LeBlanc honorably served in the Louisiana Army National Guard for 23 years and was retired from the United States Army Corps of Engineers, where he worked as a field supervisor for 38 years. He was a parishioner of St. Bernard Catholic Church and a member of the Holy Name Society and the Knights of Columbus. As a pastime he enjoyed camping, fishing, listening to French music, and going dancing. He is survived by his wife, Mae Earline Patin LeBlanc of Breaux Bridge; two sons, Edward LeBlanc, Jr. and his wife, Madeline, of Breaux Bridge and Alberie Joseph LeBlanc and his wife, Christy, of Spring, TX; his daughter, Joylyne Marie LeBlanc-Olsen and her husband, Terry, of New Iberia; two sisters, Matilda Thibodeaux of Lafayette and Lilly Mae Broussard and her husband, Bruce, of Lafayette; seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, Alberie and Madeline Borel LeBlanc; four brothers, Claydus, Murphy, Harry A. and Norris LeBlanc; and three sisters, Shirley Duhon, Barbara LeBlanc, and Jeanne Bonin. Pallbearers will be Aaron Breaux, Edward LeBlanc, III, Cord LeBlanc, Dane Hardy, Adam Johnson, and William Johnson. Honorary pallbearers will be Jude Breaux, Donald Gibbons, Andrew LeBlanc, and Edward LeBlanc, IV. Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, Louisiana 70517, (337-332-2199) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com