Lorence Lasseigne

New Iberia - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM Thursday, August 26, 2010 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in New Iberia for Lorence Hebert Lasseigne, 92, who passed away on Monday, August 23, 2010 , in New Iberia . Entombment will follow at Holy Family Mausoleum in New Iberia . Rev. Mark Derise will be the Celebrant. A devout Catholic, Mrs. Lasseigne was a member of the 3rd Order of the Carmelites, she was also a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church Altar Society. Her life's passion was family, music, and art; in which she found extreme joy. Her joy of music and art began at a very young age. She began singing as a teenager in the Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church Choir, in Weeks, LA, when the mass and hymns were in Latin. After relocating to New Iberia , she sang for many years in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church choir. She unconditionally encouraged any form of learning, believing that knowledge and education was a privilege, a precious and powerful asset, and that a person was never too old to learn. She and her husband, Theophile, provided a lifetime of loving support and guidance to their four children and nine grandchildren. After his death, at the age of 67 in 1986, she continued to provide matriarchal wisdom and wit to the family as she was blessed with great grandchildren; whom she cherished and dearly loved. Survivors include two sons, Bryan Lasseigne and his wife, Connie, and Michael P. Lasseigne, all of New Iberia; two daughters, Cindy Lasseigne of Kingwood, TX, and Claire Hebert and her husband, Kenneth, of New Iberia; nine grandchildren, Jason Hebert, Ryan Hebert, Mary Kay Gisclair, Mindy Derouen, Lori Maldonado, Alcia Mayeux, Barron Lasseigne, Joel Lasseigne, and Bridgette Guilbeau, and eleven great grandchildren. Her 12th great grandchild is expected at the end of the year. She was preceded in death by her husband, Theophile Lasseigne; her parents, Jean Aristival and Clara H. Hebert; six brothers, Luke, Uval , Del , Emar, Roy, and Donald Hebert; five sisters, Mae Peltier, Aline Fouquier, Irene Medver, Georgette Hebert, and Leedee Larpenter; and a daughter-in-law, Rhonda Lemaire Lasseigne; and a son-in-law, Doyle Hebert. Pallbearers will be Jason Hebert, Ryan Hebert, Joel Lasseigne, Barron Lasseigne, Charles Gisclair, and Philip Mayeux. Honorary pallbearers will be Bryan and Michael Lasseigne, and Kenneth Hebert. A gathering of family and friends will be Wednesday from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM at Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd , in New Iberia . A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 PM Wednesday. Visitation will continue Thursday from 8:00 AM until 10:30 AM . Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd. , New Iberia , LA 70560 , (337.365.3331), is in charge of arrangements.