Breaux Bridge - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am on Monday, October 1, 2018, at St. Bernard Catholic Church in Breaux Bridge for Raymond "Slim” Arceneaux, 79, who passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at the funeral home in Breaux Bridge from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Sunday and will continue on Monday at 8:00 am until 9:30 am.
A rosary will be prayed at 6:30 pm on Sunday.
Rev. Garrett McIntyre will officiate at the Mass of Christian Burial. Readers will be Gabriel Vautrot and William "Bill" Vautrot. Gift bearers will be his grandchildren.
Interment will follow at St. Bernard Cemetery No. 2 in Breaux Bridge.
Raymond "Slim" worked at Ray's Upholstery as an upholsterer for 33½ years. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Slim enjoyed gardening, doing mechanic and body work on trucks, barbequing and visiting with his family and friends. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.
He is survived by his loving spouse, Euline Blanchard Arceneaux; sons, Michael Arceneaux and wife Bonnie and Ben Arceneaux and wife Debra; daughters, Ellen Vautrot and husband William "Bill" and Sharon Jeanise and husband Roderick; grandchildren, Derrick Jeanise, Heather Jeanise, Kyle Arceneaux, and Gabriel Vautrot; and his sisters, Sybil Tabb and Sadie Bergeron.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Freddie and Eliza Credeur Arceneaux.
Pallbearers will be Michael Arceneaux, Ben Arceneaux, William "Bill" Vautrot, Derrick Jeanise, Heather Jeanise, and Gabriel Vautrot.
Honorary pallbearers will be Roderick Jeanise and Allen Blanchard, Jr.
Pellerin Funeral Home of Breaux Bridge, 211 Berard St., Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements.