Elise Gaudin

St. Martinville - Elise Duchamp Gaudin, age 86, born on January 26, 1928, passed away peacefully at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. She was the 3rd to youngest of 10 children of Nita Mae Bienvenue Duchamp and Hypolite Joseph Duchamp. A lifelong native of St. Martinville, Elise was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many. She is preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Roland Gerald Gaudin; her parents; four brothers and three sisters. She is survived by her sister, Doris "Dot" Lopez and husband, Dalton, of Lafayette; brother, Kenny Duchamp of Biloxi, MS; three children, Wayne Gaudin and wife, Elaine, of Houston, TX, Glen Gaudin and wife, Carol, of Broussard, and Paula Senna of Sacramento, CA; seven grandchildren, Michelle Gaudin, Robert Gaudin, Felicia D. Landry, Angie Hays, Alicia Johnson, Jacob Senna, and Callie Senna; and seven great grandchildren, Abbigail Hays, Kaitlin Landry, Tyler Hays, Justin Landry, Leanna Figueroa, Autumn Gaudin, and Leonidus Gaudin. Throughout Elise's life she enjoyed gardening and birds, appreciating God's gifts of nature. She was a parishioner of St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville and the Catholic Daughters of the Americas for over 30 years. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am, on Friday, January 9, 2015, at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville. Fr. Paul Bienvenu will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Jeremy Hays and Denise Woodrum. Gift Bearers will be Alicia Johnson and Callie Senna. Interment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 4:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Thursday, and continue on Friday at 8:30 am until 10:30 am, at Pellerin Funeral Home in St. Martinville. A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 pm on Thursday. Pallbearers will be Glen J. Gaudin, Wayne Gaudin, Robert Gaudin, Larry Gaudin, Marcus Lopez, and Richard Duchamp. Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville, 112 New Market St., St. Martinville, Louisiana 70582, (337-394-9121) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary and sign guestbook, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com