Kathryn Simon Monnin

New Iberia - Memorial services will be held at 10:00 am on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church in New Iberia for Kathryn Simon Monnin, 81, who passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018, in Broussard. Entombment will follow in the St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville. Rev. Ed Degeyter will officiate. A gathering of family and friends will be held at Nativity of Our Lady Catholic Church, 130 N. Richelieu Circle, in New Iberia, on Saturday, January 20, 2018 from 9:30 am until 10:00 am. A native of St. Martinville, Mrs. Monnin was born on October 25, 1936 to the late Judge James D. Simon and Eloise Stone Simon. She retired from Texaco, Inc. after 33 years of services, and had previously worked for Pelican Creamery in New Iberia. Mrs. Monnin was as a paralegal for the Glenn Armentor Law Firm in Lafayette, and also in sales for the Daily Iberian for 10 years. Mrs. Monnin was past chairman of the March of Dimes for St. Martin Parish, and was a member of the Lions Club, and the Jaycee Jaynes of St. Martinville. She served 10 years as president of the Humane Society in Iberia Parish, and her hobbies included reading, dancing, camping, cooking, and traveling. Mrs. Monnin loved her family, her church, her pets, and helping as a volunteer for the needy. Survivors include her husband, Harry Paul Monnin of New Iberia; children, Gwendolyn Barrilleaux LeBlanc and husband Larry of Plaquemine, James D. Barrilleaux of New Iberia, Amy Elkins and husband Ken of Sunset, Marcelle Wendland and husband Fred of Austin, Texas; sister, Eloise Simon Bryant of Broussard; grandchildren, Steve Simmons, Jr. and wife Destinie, Jason LeBlanc and wife Crystal, Daniel LeBlanc, Brandon Darby and wife Jeanie, Nicholas Barrilleaux and fiance' Amy Trahan, Matthew Barrilleaux, Claire Elkins, Cannon Wendland, Lindy Wendland, Gus Wendland, and Isabella Wendland; great grandchildren, Laila Simmons, Jessie Simmons, Noah Barrilleaux, Lyla Barrilleaux, Hunter Darby, Hailey Darby, Fischer Darby, Davron LeBlanc, Bayleigh LeBlanc, and Izaac Slaughter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Snell. Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd, New Iberia, LA, 70560, 337.365.3331, is in charge of the arrangements.