LAFOURCHE and TERREBONNE PARISHES, LA. 

Obituary for: DEKERLEGAND, VIVIAN 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The Daily Comet, Lafourche Parish La. and Houma Today, Terrebonne 
Parish, La.

Published: Monday, June 14, 2010 

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Mass of the Resurrection will be held for Sr. Vivian DeKerlegand, MSC at Our 
Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, with burial in St. 
Landry Cemetery in Opelousas.

Sr. Vivian DeKerlegand, MSC was born in Arnaudville on April 6, 1917 and 
deceased at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, at 8:48 
p.m. Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the age of 93.

Sr. Vivian, known to many as "Sr. Mary Louis," entered the Congregation of the 
Marianites of Holy Cross in 1935. She pronounced her perpetual vows on Aug. 11, 
1940.

Earning a Baccalaureate Degree in 1943, she was involved in education at all 
levels teaching in various Catholic schools in Louisiana including in New 
Orleans, Eunice, Ville Platte, Franklin, Morgan City, Lake Charles, Opelousas, 
and Houma. Sister also held a master's degree in Home Economics from Our Lady of 
the Lake College in San Antonio, Texas and was certified in History, English and 
French. Following these teaching experiences in various geographic locations, 
she ministered in the Diocese of Lafayette at St. Mary's Learning Center and at 
the Diocesan Chancery working as Assistant Archivist and Clerk in the Marriage 
Tribunal.

Sr. Vivian just recently celebrated 75 years of religious life and throughout 
these years she shared a spirit of living life to the fullest! In whatever 
position she found herself, she served as mentor and teacher instructing others 
in the art of celebrating life whether the task was researching and writing, 
sewing and cooking, studying history and learning French. Her love and 
appreciation for others was colorfully woven through each experience and was 
distinctly evident in the tapestry of lives she touched.

She is survived by Anna Jane Marks, MSC Associate and long time friend and 
"sister;" and many nieces and their husbands, and nephews and their wives, who 
stayed close to her all her life.

She was preceded in death by her father, Alexis DeKerlegand, and her mother, 
Valerie Naquin DeKerlegand, both from Arnaudville; four sisters, Mary Lanclos, 
Eileen Gallier, Beatrice Mundy and Lillian Hile; and two brothers, Clarence 
DeKerlegand, and George DeKerlegand.

To celebrate her life, a wake service will be held from 8:30 a.m. to funeral 
time Wednesday at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home. Following the wake 
service, the Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at 
Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing Home, with burial in St. Landry Cemetery in 
Opelousas.

In lieu of flowers, the Marianites of Holy Cross request that donations be made 
to the Marianite Retirement Fund at 1011 Gallier St., New Orleans, LA 70117.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas.

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