Parks - Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2008, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Parks, for Lillian Quebedeaux Degeyter, 89, who passed away on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at J. Michael Morrow Memorial Nursing Home, in Arnaudville.
Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2 in Breaux Bridge.
Rev. Fr. Ed Degeyter, will officiate at the funeral Mass. The Altar Server will be Christopher Degeyter, Jr., Readers will be Monica Sogga and Jan Neveu. Her great grandchildren will serve as gift bearers.
Survivors include her three sons, James Degeyter and his wife, Norma, of Arnaudville, Lannie Degeyter and his wife, June, of Eunice, and John Lee Degeyter, of Parks; three daughters, Anna Mae New and her husband, Charles, of Breaux Bridge, Betty Ann Allemand and her husband, Paul, and Mary Rose Faccion and her husband, Ralph, all of Parks; a sister, Rita Comeaux, of Port Neches, TX; her grandchildren, Monica Sogga, Greg Degeyter, Chris Degeyter, Shane Degeyter, Troy Allemand, Tommy Allemand, Jan Neveu and Brian New; and her great grandchildren, Heather, Beth, Christopher, Samantha, Benjamin, Andrew, Zachary, Caleb and Hayden Degeyter, Courtney and Ethan New, and Celeste, Joshua and Evan Sogga.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Degeyter; her parents, Leonard and Ermin Thibodeaux Quebedeaux; one brother, Andrew Quebedeaux; and two sisters, Lucy Trahan and Yolla Comeaux
The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 2:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. on Friday and continue at 8:00 a.m. until 9:15 a.m. on Saturday.
A rosary will be recited at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Gregory, Chris, and Shane Degeyter, Troy and Tommy Allemand, and Brian New.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mike Neveu and Chris Sogga.
Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge is in charge of arrangements.