TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for LANDRY, MADELEINE DELAUNE 
  
Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Source: Thibodaux Funeral Home, Thibodaux, La.

Died: Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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LANDRY, MADELEINE DELAUNE 
    January 14, 2015

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Madeleine Delaune Landry, 90, a native of Lockport, resident of Thibodaux and 
former resident of Metairie, Louisiana, died January 14, 2015. 

Visitation will be held at Thibodaux Funeral Home from 5PM to 9PM on Sunday, 
January 18, 2015. Visitation continues at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral from 9AM to 
10AM on Monday, January 19, 2015 until Mass of Christian Burial at 10AM. 

Interment to follow at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.

She is survived by her four children, Gary M. Landry and wife Susan Barilleaux 
Landry of Metairie, La, Dr. Therese Landry DeMouy and husband Dr. Jeffrey 
DeMouy of Baton Rouge, La., Anne Landry Lagarde and husband Kevin of Thibodaux, 
La, Gregory M. Landry, Sr. and wife Claudia Gutierrez Landry of Kennesaw, GA.; 
eight grandchildren: Justin, Julie and Ashley Lagarde; Laura, Robert and Thomas 
DeMouy; and Raquel and Gregory Landry, Jr.; and two great-grandchildren, 
Emmalyn Claire Molaison and Ezequiel Josue Landry.

One of eleven children, Mrs. Landry was born in Lockport, La and is survived by 
one sibling, Alfred C. Delaune, Sr. of Lockport. She was preceded in death by 
her former husband Dr. Gordon J. Landry, her parents Josephine Claudet Delaune 
and Sidney Delaune Sr.; sisters Bernice D. Coates, Josae "Dee" D. Chetta Nunez, 
Myrtle "Nanie" Delaune, Miriam D. Clement; and brothers Alvin Delaune, Sidney 
Delaune Jr., Jules Delaune, Ferdinand Delaune and Henry Delaune.

Madeleine "Leenie" (as her friends, family, and grandchildren called her) 
served in World War II in the Women's Army Corps, and worked for the Department 
of Defense after the war. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Nicholls State 
University at the age of 50, then began her career with the Louisiana 
Department of Social Services. She was instrumental in the placing of hundreds 
of children into the Foster Care and Adoption programs throughout South 
Louisiana. She will be forever remembered as the loving mother of her own four 
adopted children. There are no words which describe the joy, love and devotion 
she has shown us and hundreds of other children. The world was a better place 
with Leenie in it, and she will be sorely missed.

The family would like to thank the staff at St. Joseph Manor for their years of 
kindness and care, and especially caregivers Evelyn, Tara, and Shirley.

Women's Army Corps 
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