Parks - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Monday, January 16, 2017, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Parks for Ida LeBlanc Guidry, 94, who passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 9:00 am until 10:30 am on Monday, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Parks. A rosary will be prayed at 10:30 am on Monday.
Rev. Donovan Labb will officiate at the Funeral Mass. Scriptures will be read by Linda Theriot-Hebert and Nancy Dor. Gift bearers will be her grandchildren.
Entombment will follow at St. Bernard Mausoleum - No. 1 in Breaux Bridge.
Mrs. Guidry was a retired educator with the St. Martin Parish School system and a member of the Louisiana Teachers Association and the Louisiana Teachers Retirement System.
She was a longtime parishioner of St. Bernard Catholic Church and a member of the Breaux Bridge Chapter of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Ida was a devout Catholic and a dedicated adorer in the St. Bernard Chapel of Perpetual Adoration since its inception in 1984 until 2012.
She was an avid traveler, both domestic and abroad, with her loving companion and husband, Lester, along with her brother, Lee Roy, and sister-in-law, Verna LeBlanc.
She is survived by her sons, Bruce Guidry of Loreauville, and Billy Guidry and wife, Brenda, of Cecilia; her daughters, Linda Theriot-Hebert and husband, Jean Paul, Nancy Dor and husband Allen, and Mary Guidry and husband, Eddie, all of Parks; 14 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by husband, Lester Guidry; her parents, Albert LeBlanc, Sr. and Vianna Savoy LeBlanc; her brothers, Bruce LeBlanc, Stanley LeBlanc, Rev. Whitney LeBlanc, Albert LeBlanc, Jr., Clifton LeBlanc, Ralph LeBlanc, and Lee Roy LeBlanc; sisters, Ernestine Morvant, Anaise Savoy, and Vianna "Vicky" Langlinais; an infant son, Mark Benedict Guidry; and her son-in-law, W. J. Theriot.
Pallbearers will be Kyle Theriot, Bret Dor, Scot Dor, Seth Dor, Blaise Guidry, Ben Guidry, Nicholas Guidry, and Jason Guidry.
Honorary pallbearers will be Travis Guidry and Chad Guidry.
Pellerin Funeral Home (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements.
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