Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Collette, Rosie Benfiglio October 18, 2016
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The Daily Iberian. October 20, 2016

Funeral services for Rosie Benfiglio Collette will be held Friday, October 
21, 2016, during a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian burial at St. Jules Catholic 
Church in Franklin. Following the Mass she will be laid to rest in the 
Franklin Cemetery Mausoleum. Father William Ruskoski will be the Celebrant 
for the Mass and conduct the services. Serving as pallbearers will be Byron 
LeBlanc, Chad Landry, Coy Landry, Christopher Collette, Reed Hebert, and 
Tommy Hebert.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Thursday at Ibert’s Mortuary 
in Franklin from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m., with the Holy Rosary being prayed at 7 
p.m. The mortuary will reopen Friday at 8 a.m. until time of dismissal at 
9:30 a.m.

Ms. Rosie was born in Franklin on February 7, 1924 to the late Frank 
Benfiglio and the late Carrie Rizzo Benfiglio, both immigrants from Sicily, 
Italy. She was a lifelong resident of Franklin and passed away at the age of 
92 on Tuesday, October 18, 2016, at Iberia Medical Center in New Iberia. 
Mrs. Rosie was a devout Catholic, having been a member of both the Church of 
the Assumption, where she belonged to the Catholic Daughters, and St. Jules 
Catholic Church. Some of her favorite pastimes were cooking Italian food and 
baking pastries, tending to her flower and vegetable gardens, fishing, and 
showering her cat with affection. Her true passion in life though was her 
family whom she truly loved beyond measure. She will be deeply missed by all 
who knew and loved her.

Survivors include three children, Joe Collette and his wife Sarah, Frances 
“Fran” C. Landry and her husband Camille, and Carrie C. LeBlanc and her 
husband Larry; six grandchildren, Tina C. Hebert and her husband Reed, 
Christopher Collette, Crystal C. Trahan and her husband Joey, Chad Landry 
and his wife Candy, Coy Landry, and Byron LeBlanc and his wife Hailey; 12 
great grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Joseph 
Collette; three brothers, Sam, Luke, and Frank Benfiglio; five sisters, Mary 
Hollier, Lena Ardoin, Pauline Amodeo, Bena Gorman, and Josie Aucoin; and six 
infant great-grandchildren, Ryan Hebert, Eden and Ezra Trahan (twins), and 
three heavenly LeBlanc babies.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main 
Street, Franklin, LA 70538, 828-5426.


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