TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La. OBITUARIY for DUPLANTIS, RITA Submitted by: Louis Lavedan Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from July 2 to July 3, 2013 ============================================================================= Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.shtml ============================================================================= DUPLANTIS, RITA ========== A photo is available for this file. Please go to http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafourche/obits/dateobits/2013/f1307.htm and click on the name of interest. ========== Rita Duplantis, 87, a native and resident of Houma, died Monday, July 1, 2013. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the Marine Corps League Building at 206 St. Pius Street in Houma. She is survived by her sons, Ernest, Robert, Herman and Mason LeBlanc and James Duplantis; daughters, Mable Benoit, Rita Hebert, Patricia Hebert and Theresa Authement; brother, Joseph Deroche Jr.; and sister, Joyce Pitre; 22 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Wallace LeBlanc and Edward Duplantis Sr.; parents, Joseph Deroche and Edna McElroy Deroche; sons, Daniel LeBlanc Sr. and Michael LeBlanc Sr.; brothers, Ernest and Gordon Deroche; and granddaughter-in-law, Jessica LeBlanc. Special thanks goes to the nurses in CCU at Terrebonne General Medical Center and to the staff at The Oaks of Houma. Samart Funeral Home in Houma is in charge of arrangements. ======================