Leola 'Lee' Blanchard

Breaux Bridge - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am, on Monday, June 29, 2015, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge, for Leola "Lee" Blanchard, 72, who passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2015, at her residence. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home from 2:00 pm Sunday, June 28, 2015, and continue until 10:30 am on Monday. A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 pm on Sunday. Rev. Steven LeBlanc will officiate at the Mass. Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2 in Breaux Bridge. Leola loved bingo and was very active with the St. Martin Parish Council on Aging. She loved to go camping, cook, and spend time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Her children and family will always remember her good cooking, her generosity, and unfailing kindness. She is survived by her children and their spouses, LeRoy (Barbara) Abshire, Jr., Ricky (Janice) Abshire, Elizabeth "Liz" Abshire, Patricia Abshire, Gloria (Carlos) Miller, Tracy (Yvette) Abshire, Heather Abshire, and Scott Blanchard; 24 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; her siblings, Darcas (Loveless) Monic, Jessie Ray Schexneider, Mary Ann (Robert) Guidry, and Doris Sue Babb; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Claude Joseph Schexneider, Sr. and Rita Mae Schexneider; sons, Michael Ray Abshire and Brandon Todd Blanchard; a granddaughter, Ashlynn Grace Blanchard; her first husband, LeRoy Joseph Abshire, Sr.; her husband, Clifford Blanchard; and her siblings, Wilfred Ray Schexneider, James "Manny" Schexneider, Claude Joseph Schexneider, Jr., Earl Ray Schexneider, Ricky Schexneider, Wilda Mae Lavergne and Ina Marie Schexneider. Pallbearers will be Cody Abshire, Trinty Slade Miller, Cole Trahan, Eddie Trahan, Matthew Abshire, and Gabriel Abshire. Honorary pallbearers will be Dominic Abshire, Christian Abshire, Jonathan Abshire, Nicholas Abshire, Daniel Fontenot, Gavin Abshire, and Gaige Thibodeaux. 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