Alberta Villien Winch

A Memorial Mass will be held on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 1:30 PM in St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Maurice for Alberta Villien Winch, Rev. Paul Bienvenu, presiding. She was born on December 21, 1928 in Maurice and passed away from natural causes at St. Joseph’s Hospice in Lafayette on Tuesday, April 7, 2020.
She was an educator, librarian, historian, church, and civic volunteer in Maurice. She was valedictorian of her Maurice High School class of 1946 and graduated with a degree in Education from ULL (then Southwest Louisiana Institute) and a Master of Library Science degree from LSU. She taught English and was the Librarian at Maurice High School and North Vermilion High School until her retirement in 1988. Over the years, she was a member of the St. Alphonsus Church Parish Council and Ladies Altar Society, the Abbeville Lay Carmelites, the Louisiana Library Association and Vermilion Parish Library Association, Louisiana Retired Teachers Association, Vermilion Parish Retired Teachers Association, Delta Kappa Gamma and Beta Phi Mu Honorary Societies. Her contributions to the history of Maurice centered on genealogy and preservation and are noted in publications of the History of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, the History of Vermilion Parish, and in the Attakapas Gazette. She was a talented artist, seamstress and cook.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Luther L. Winch, Jr., her parents, Albert and Pearl Villien, and her sisters, Phro Margaret Moss and Yvonne Rita Culver. She is survived by her daughter Barbara and her husband Richard House; her grandchildren, Sarah House Barcellona (Thomas), Walter Richard House III, Nicholas Mark House (Laura) and six great-grandchildren; her niece, Gwen Moss Lanoux and several other nieces, nephews and cousins.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her memory to St. Alphonsus Catholic Church, St. Joseph Hospice Foundation or the charity of your choice.
Alberta Winch and her family were cared for and entrusted final arrangements to Delhomme Funeral Home.
Personal condolences may be sent to the Winch family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com.