Iberia County Louisiana Archives Obituaries..... LEBLANC, DESIRE February 5, 1957 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: ROGER LEBLANC RLEBL10226@HOTMAIL.COM March 31, 2007, 8:30 am THE DAILY IBERIAN FEBUARY 8,1957 DESIRE LEBLANC 90,A RETIRED FARMER DIED AT THE RESIDENCE OF HIS SON,AYMAR ON PARK STREET,TUESDAY AT 3:30P.M.AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS.HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE OCTAVE LEBLANC AND DORALISE RICHARD,AND A NATIVE OF IBERIA PARISH.SURVIVORS INCLUDE FIVE SONS;AYMAR,OCTAVE,CLEMENT,GUSTAVE,AND SIDNEY ALL OF NEW IBERIA,TWO DAUGHTERS;MRS.AMELIA (EMILY)LEBLANC,AND MRS.JOSEPH (VICTOIRE)BLANCHARD,ALSO OF NEW IBERIA;19 GRANDCHILDREN AND 23 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.A RECITATION OF THE ROSARY WILL BE SAID BY MEMBERS OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS,COUNCIL 1208,OF ST.PETERS PARISH,AT 8:00P.M. TODAY AT THE BERGES FUNERAL HOME WHERE THE BODY WILL BE IN STATE UNTIL TIME OF SERVICES.FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY,AT A 9:30A.M.MASS AT ST. PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH.INTERMENT WILL BE IN THE ST. PETERS CEMETARY.BERGES FUNERAL HOME IS IN CHARGE OF LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS. Additional Comments: HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE ALICE HEBERT LEBLANC WHO DIED MAY 16,1946.THEY WERE MARRIED ON OCTOBER 15,1888.