Obituaries:  William Jean Pierce, Sabine Parish       P-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Nov 13, 1996
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Father William Jean Pierce

  Funeral services for Father William Jean Pierce, 73, of Baton
Rouge, were held at St. Jean Vianney Catholic Church in Baton
Rouge. Officiating was Bishop William B. Friend, and Rev. Donald
V. Blanchard. Interment was in Roselawn Memorial Park in Baton
Rouge, under the direction of Rabenhorst Funeral Home in Baton
Rouge.

  Father Pierce passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5, 1996, at 11:54 a.m.,
at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge.
He was a priest, having served in the Diocese of Alexandria and
Shreveport. His pastoral assignments were as follows:
  1925-1955, St. Joseph's Church in Marksville
  1955-1968, St. Ann Church in Ebarb, St. Catherine
Chapel in Noble and Converse 1968-1979, St. Louis Church in
Glenmora, St. Peter Chapel in Elmer, and St. Jude Chapel in
Sieper
  1979-1986, Sacred Heart Church in Springhill, St.
Margaret Church in Homer, and St. Michael Chapel in Haynesville
  1986-1989, St. Theresa Church and School in Shreveport
  1989-1993, Chaplain at the Willis-Knighton Medical
Center, Shreveport.

  He retired from the Diocese of Shreveport in 1996.

  Survivors include a sister, Eola Mae "Chic" Aubin; two brothers
and sisters-in-law, James D. and Gale Pierce, and Robert J. "Bob"
and Bobbie Pierce, all of Baton Rouge; special friend, Sister
Mary Ann Sepulvado, O. S. F., member of Franciscan Missionaries
of Our Lady, Monroe; numerous nieces and nephews.

  He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert J. Sr. and
Eliska Brignac Pierce.

  He was a member of St. Jean Vianney Catholic Church, and Knights
of Columbus Council 4814 in Sabine Parish, in Zwolle.

  In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to
St. Jean Vianney Catholic Church Building Fund, 16166 Harrell's
Ferry Rd., Baton Rouge, La. 70816.