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September 20, 1923 ~ April 11, 2018

ABBEVILLE — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 1:30 PM on Friday, April 13, 2018 at St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Catholic Church honoring the life of Imay Marie Matthews LeLeux, 94, who died Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at her residence. She will be laid to rest at St. Paul Cemetery with Rev. Gregory Cormier officiating the services. Pallbearers will be Richard LeLeux, Jr., James LeLeux, Jr., Marcus LeLeux, Kolt Bergeron, Jacob Bergeron, and Hayden Dartez. Honorary pallbearers include Joshua Dartez, Damon LeLeux, and Shannon LeLeux.
Imay is survived by her four sons, Warren LeLeux, Jr. and his wife Ana of California, Richard LeLeux of Erath, James LeLeux of Abbeville, and Russell LeLeux and his wife Bonnie of Abbeville; daughters, Phyllis Dartez and her husband Michael of Maurice, and Betty Bergeron and her husband Damon of Abbeville; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren Edward LeLeux, Sr.; parents, Louis Matthews and for former Oliva Sonnier; daughter-in-law, Glenda LeLeux; and eight siblings.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 6:30 PM; Friday, April 13, 2018 from 8:00 AM until 1:15 PM when the procession will depart for the church.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.

November 9, 1938 ~ April 9, 2018

KAPLAN — A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Friday, April 13, 2018 at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church honoring the life of Barbara Manceaux Marceaux Herpin, 79, who passed away on Monday, April 9, 2018 at her residence. She will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cemetery. Serving as pallbearers will be Andre Bertrand, Chadd Touchet, John Bertrand, Danny Manceaux, Ted Manceaux, and Chris Manceaux. Lectors will be Andrea Marceaux, Caroline Touchet, and Lauren Touchet. Gift bearers will be Julie Bertrand, Emily Bertrand, Aubrey Meyers, and Avery Meyers.
She is survived by her son, Aubrey Marceaux, III of Kaplan; three daughters, Annette L. Marceaux of Kaplan, Suzanne and her husband, Chadd Touchet of Kaplan, and Jenny and her husband, John Bertrand, Jr. of Kaplan; two brothers, Danny Manceaux and his wife, Angela of Kaplan and Ted Manceaux of Kaplan; seven grandchildren, Amy E. Marceaux, Andrea N. Marceaux, Caroline Touchet, Lauren Touchet, Julie Bertrand, Emily Bertrand, and John Andre Bertrand, III; and two great grandchildren, Aubrey Lyn Meyers and Avery Elizabeth Meyers. v
She was preceded in death by her first husband, A.J. Marceaux, Jr.; her second husband, Jerome L. Herpin; her parents, Sidney Manceaux and the former Hilda Baudoin; and one sister, Maureene Hebert.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Ave., on Thursday, April 12, 2018 from 10:00 AM until 10:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM; Friday, April 13, 2018 from 8:00 AM until the procession departs for the church.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Herpin family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

September 26, 1944 ~ April 4, 2018

KAPLAN — Memorial services will be held at Faith Christian Church at 6:00 PM on Thursday, April 12, 2018 honoring the life of Ronald D. Richard, 73, who died on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 at Lafayette General Medical Center. Ronald was a resident at Gueydan Memorial Guest Home.
He is survived by his father, Eddie Richard of Gueydan; three sisters, Judy and her husband, Harold Roussel of Kaplan, Mona and her husband, Lorphea Broussard of Kaplan, and Wanda Luquette of Abbeville and her companion, David Colby of Marathon, FL; and several nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Felecie Richard; his wife, Chyrel Richard; his infant daughter, Denise Richard; one niece, Nichole Roussel Romero; and his brother-in-law, David Luquette.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Kaplan, (337) 643-7276 [Service Information 225-5276]. Condolences may be sent to the Richard family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.

The last two weeks have been eventful for 96-year-old Brigadier General Bob LeBlanc.
LeBlanc recently returned from Washington, D.C., where he and others were honored by leaders of the U.S. House and Senate. They presented LeBlanc and others with a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) for their historic contributions during World War II.
The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor the United States can bestow. In accordance with Public Law 114-269, a single gold medal has been struck to collectively honor the members of the OSS.
LeBlanc was proud and honored to receive his medal, but the trip to Washington, D.C. and the ceremony had moments he will never forget.
The adventure began before LeBlanc and members of his family left Lafayette. When they arrived at the Lafayette airport, the flight LeBlanc was scheduled to take to Atlanta was late to arrive because of bad weather up north. The LeBlanc family was scheduled to leave at 2:30 p.m., but the Delta plane did not arrive until 6 p.m.
The news got worse. Delta Airlines said it could not fly the LeBlanc family to Washington DC because of technical issues with the plane. He would have to leave the next morning.
Fast forward three hours, LeBlanc’s daughter was a long-time employee of LHC Group and she called them for help.
LHC responded with a plane to Washington, D.C. and back.
He made it to Washington, D.C. on time, but the adventure continued. At the ceremony, he was expecting that each name of the OSS members would be called out and they would be honored individually. That did not happen.
“It was a mixed up organization,” said LeBlanc about the ceremony. “I thought they would present it to us. What they did is give it to us before the politicians started to talk. The politicians talked for 20 minutes and they walked out. They did not even acknowledge us. They could have asked us to stand up and say our name. That is the least they could have done.”
LeBlanc said family members of the 20-plus members of the OCC were disappointed by the way Washington D.C. handled the ceremony.
“All we did was just sit there and listen,” said LeBlanc. “My whole family was there and it was not cheap.”
Wayne Touchet, a Vermilion Parish Police Juror, has known LeBlanc for 40 years. He watched the ceremony on his phone and was stunned.
“I watched every moment of that ceremony waiting to see Gen. LeBlanc,” said Touchet “It was an hour and 15 minutes long. It was politician after politician talking about themselves. Not one time did they show any of these veterans (on screen).”
When the politicians were finished talking and they walked off the stage, LeBlanc said he turned to his daughter and asked, “When are they going to give us the award?”
She replied, “They have. They passed out a box with it in it before the ceremony.”
Before the ceremony, the veterans were given the box with the award in it but there was no mention of who they were and what they did.
LeBlanc’s family of about 20 people were disappointed by the ceremony, LeBland said. He and his family did get to tour Washington, D.C. for about three hours before flying home. Many of them also flew back with LeBlanc on LHC’s private jet.
“I want to personally thank LHC because without them, I couldn’t have received this medal.”