Rose Theriot Blanchard

VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE St. Martinville - Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., on Friday, September 12, 2008, at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville, for Rose Theriot Blanchard, 86, who passed away on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 at Southwest Medical Center in Lafayette. Interment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery in St. Martinville. Msgr. J. Douglas Courville will officiate at the funeral Mass and conduct the service. Scripture readings will be read by Kelly Duplantis and Stephanie Ortego. Gifts will be presented to the Altar by Bridget Latiolais and Ridge Blanchard. Mrs. Blanchard loved her church with all her heart and was so devoted to her parish in every way possible. She was known to many as having a "Ministering Spirit." She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, Martha's Guild, St. Martin Parish Home Demonstration, and POKENO club - she had a large circle of friends. Rose enjoyed reading and cooking for her family, whom she adored and who made her life complete. Birthdays and holidays were the times she enjoyed the most, because it was a way of gathering her family together and sharing her love with them. Survivors include four sons, Jimmy Blanchard and his wife, Charlene, of Breaux Bridge, Glynn Blanchard and his wife, Patricia, Butch Blanchard and his wife, Rene, and Keith Blanchard and his wife, Miranda, all of St. Martinville; one daughter, Janice Duplantis and her husband, Warren, of St. Martinville; two sisters, Josey Landry and Jenny Theriot, both of St. Martinville; 12 grandchildren; and 21 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, John J. Blanchard; her parents, Eugene and Lucy Champagne Theriot; her brothers, Mitchell, Walter, Wallace, Lloyd, Homer and Alton Theriot; her sisters, Lena Laviolette, Marie Dutile, and Eva Guilbeaux; and a grandson, Dru Duplantis. The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 1 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Thursday and continue at 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. on Friday. A rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pallbearers will be Tim Duplantis, Dean Blanchard, Bryan Blanchard, Jerry Blanchard, Troy Blanchard, Scott Blanchard, and Bryce Blanchard. Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville is in charge of arrangements.