ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: BURNS, DONALD JOSEPH, SR.

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Iberts Mortuary, Inc. Franklin, LA 70538

Died 14 June, 2013

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BURNS, DONALD JOSEPH, SR.
February 15, 1935 - June 14, 2013 

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Funeral services were held Saturday, June 15, 2013, at 10:00 AM at Teche 
Baptist Church in Verdunville for Mr. Donald "Duck" Joseph Burns, Sr., 78, a 
native of Bayou Chene and a resident of Verdunville for the past 50 years, who 
passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Franklin Health Care Center. 

Burial will follow in the Teche Gardens Cemetery. 
Rev. Joe Thibeau will officiate the services.

Mr. Donald was a loving husband and father and was an avid fisherman and 
crawfisherman. He was a devoted member of the First Baptist Church in 
Patterson, where he also served as a Deacon.

Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Anna Rose Mayea Burns; three children, 
Donald Burns, Jr., Cathy B. Holeman and her husband Tim, and Sandy B. LeJeune 
and her husband Tony; eight grandchildren; six great grandchildren, as well as 
numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Nicholas "Dewey" Burns and 
Louisiana Mae Voisin Burns; four sisters, Vivian Carter, Birdie Sauce, Kate 
Marcotte, and Sadie Aucoin; and one brother, Ernest Burns.

A gathering of family and friends was held Saturday at Teche Baptist Church 
from 8:00 AM until time of service.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Ibert's Mortuary, Inc., 1007 Main Street, 
Franklin, LA 

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