ESSIE LEONARD Obituary: Lafourche Parish, La. Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Source: Daily Comet, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. 20 Apr 2005 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** NOTES: 1. The date preceding the obituary is the date of posting on the WWW, not the date of death. ================================ April 15. 2005 11:33AM Essie Leonard Essie Badeaux Leonard, 92, a native of Larose and resident of Marrero, died April 13, 2005. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Mothe Funeral Home, 2100 Westbank Expressway, in Harvey. Parlors will be open at 9 a.m. Saturday. Call 366-4343 for information. Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park. She was the wife of the late Delves Mitchell Leonard; daughter of the late Clotilda Acosta Badeaux and Camille Badeaux; mother of Gerald Leonard of Gretna, Euris Leonard of Lafayette, Terry Leonard of Marrero and the late Evert Leonard; and sister of Norman Badeaux, the late Marie Rodrigues, Lucy Robichaux, Bernice LeBlanc, Octavia Landry, Jane Ruiz, Horace, Camille and Milton Badeaux. She is also survived by 10 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and one great-great- granddaughter. Mothe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.