Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....COUNCE, LETTIE LOUISE DEAS June 11, 2016
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LETTIE LOUISE DEAS COUNCE

Lettie Louise Deas Counce, 86, died just after midnight on June 11, 2016, at 
Ollie Steele Burden Manor in Baton Rouge, LA, after a lengthy battle with 
Alzheimer's disease.

She was born in New Orleans on January 14, 1930, the eldest daughter of Stanley 
and Mabel Deas and older sister to Shirley Deas Gelpi Zibilich, Janet Deas 
Legrand and Mary Deas Demarest. Lettie graduated from high school and college 
at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans. On August 16, 1952, she married Harold 
James Counce. They moved to St. Louis, MO, and then to Lafayette, LA, before 
settling in Baton Rouge in 1959 to continue raising their growing family. In 
1982, she and Harold moved to Monroe, LA, until 1991 when they returned to 
Baton Rouge. Lettie was Harold's caregiver from 1989 until his death in October 
1991. Living her life for others, she was wife, mother and homemaker first, but 
spent countless volunteer hours at her children's schools and her Catholic 
Church parishes. After her husband's death she used her tireless energy to 
assist the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge Archives Department, the Friends of 
the LSU Library, and the St. Thomas More Church Bulletin, the Tower.

Lettie was preceded in death by her beloved husband Harold, her parents Stanley 
Paul Deas and Mabel Schexnayder Deas, and a daughter Katherine Counce Bowling.

She is survived by her three sisters; nine children: Paul D. Counce, Claudia C. 
Prewitt and husband Lavelle, Lydia C. Arledge and husband Don, Amy E. Counce, 
Julie C. Brignac and husband Lance, Stephanie C. Werling and husband Mike, 
Hilary C. McGraw and husband Thom, Melanie C. Montanaro and husband Robert, and 
Christopher C. Counce and wife Leigh; son-in-law Mark Bowling; her 16 
grandchildren: Dawn Doughty Davidson, Bonnie Prewitt and Maston Prewitt; Steve, 
Brad, Ross and Frances Arledge; Melissa, Warren and Ethan Bowling; Sarah 
Werling; Sam, Harry and Nick McGraw; and Katherine and Camille Counce; nine 
great-grandchildren; and numerous other step-grandchildren, cousins, nieces and 
nephews.

As her husband had chosen to do, Lettie donated her body to the Tulane Medical 
Center for scientific research as a final, selfless gift. Father Paul Counce 
and fellow priests of the Diocese of Baton Rouge will concelebrate a Memorial 
Mass at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, at 6 pm. 
Following the service there will be a reception celebrating her life in the 
Cathedral Parish Hall. Everyone is invited to attend this Mass and reception.

The family would like to extend their thanks and gratitude to all of Lettie's 
caregivers, especially Edmund Vinci, MD, the staff at Ollie Steele Burden 
Manor, and St. Joseph Hospice. Donations in her memory to your Church parish or 
favorite charity would be a wonderful way to continue her legacy of deep faith 
and generous service 

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