ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: CHAUVIN, MARIE ODELL ‘DELL’ DUPRE 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Franklin Banner-Tribune, Morgan City Daily Review; St. Mary Parish, La. 

Published: 20 Aug 2012

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CHAUVIN, MARIE ODELL ‘DELL’ DUPRE 
Feb. 28, 1921 ~ Aug. 17, 2012

Funeral services were held Monday, August 20, 2012, at 2 p.m., at Ibert’s 
Mortuary in Franklin for Marie Odell “Dell” Dupre Chauvin, 91, a native and 
lifelong resident of Franklin, who passed away Friday, August 17, 2012 at the 
Franklin Health Care Center.

Burial will follow in the Franklin Cemetery. 
Fr. Lloyd Benoit will officiate the services.

Dell was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoyed tending to her 
plants and flowers. She will be deeply missed.

Survivors include four sons, Roy Chauvin Jr. of Carthage, Mississippi; Jimmy 
Chauvin and his wife, Jamie L. Chauvin, of Franklin; David Chauvin and his 
wife, Trudy H. Chauvin, of Franklin; and Johnny Chauvin and his wife, Kayla L. 
Chauvin, of Franklin; three daughters, Sandra Louviere and her husband, Gerald 
Louviere, of New Iberia; Jane Sinitiere and her husband, Ronald Sinitiere of 
Franklin; and Susan Tourney and her husband, Johnny Tourney, of Lafayette; one 
brother, Dudley Dupre and his wife Margie B. Dupre of Franklin; one sister, 
Irene Dupre of Franklin; 17 grandchildren; numerous great grandchildren, three 
great great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Anthony Chauvin Sr.; her parents, 
Ferdinand J. Dupre Sr. and Valerie Bergeron Dupre; four brothers, Amos Dupre, 
Ferdinand J. Dupre Jr., Eugene Dupre and Marshall Dupre; two sisters, Annabelle 
LeBlanc and Lucille Theriot; and one daughter-in-law, Brenda Culter Chauvin.

A gathering of family and friends was held Monday at Ibert’s Mortuary from 11 
a.m. until time of service at 2 p.m.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert’s Mortuary, Inc. of Franklin.

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