Gladys LaGrange Devillier

Leonville - Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., on Saturday, June 20, 2009, at St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 126 Church Road, Leonville, LA 70551 (off Hwy. 31, North), for Gladys LaGrange Devillier, 73, who passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at Trinity Neurologic Rehabilitation Center in Slidell. Interment will follow at St. Leo the Great Cemetery in Leonville. Father Austin Leger will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Christina and Daniel Devillier and her grandchildren will serve as Gift Bearers. Gladys began her career in journalism around 1950 as a school reporter for the Teche News. In 1953, after completing her education, she moved to Slidell, LA where she worked for the local Slidell newspaper until l980. Gladys then returned to her hometown of Arnaudville and went to work for the Daily World in Opelousas, working there for two years, before joining the Teche News staff in August 1982 as the Lifestyle Editor. Gladys retired from her career in journalism in July 1996. In her career she earned numerous local, state and national awards for her work in journalism and was very active with the Louisiana Press Association. Gladys was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who will be sadly missed by her family and the numerous friends she had made over the span of her career in journalism. Survivors include her daughter, Tommye Boyer, of Pearl River, LA; two sons, Bobby Devillier and his wife, Janelle, of Baton Rouge, and David A. Devillier, of LaGrand, OR; and four grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Devillier; a daughter, Mary Christina Devillier; and her parents, Evans and Mable Saizan LaGrange. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 12 noon until 8 p.m. on Friday and continue at 7 a.m. until 9 a.m. on Saturday. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Friday. Pallbearers will be Bobby, David, Thomas, Daniel, and Johnathan Devillier, and Lionel Boyer, Jr. Pellerin Funeral Home of Arnaudville is in charge of arrangements.