ST. MARY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: SIMONEAUX, THERESA BOURLIEA 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: Iberts Mortuary, Inc. Franklin, LA 70538

Died 22 July, 2013

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SIMONEAUX, THERESA BOURLIEA 
January 21, 1934 - July 22, 2013

A Mass of Christian burial will be held Friday, July 26, 2013, at 11:00 AM at 
the Church of the Assumption in Franklin for Mrs. Theresa Bourliea Simoneaux, 
79, a native of Oaklawn and a longtime resident of Charenton, who passed away 
Monday, July 22, 2013, at her home with her family at her side. 

Burial will follow in the Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Charenton. 
Father Lloyd Benoit will officiate the services.

Theresa was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother whose 
passion in life was her family. Her grandchildren were her world. In her early 
years she traveled the world with her husband during his military career in the 
Air Force. She loved cooking for family and friends, having family get-
togethers, and enjoyed tending to and being in her garden. She was a devout 
Catholic who also taught Catechism.

Survivors include her husband of 60 years, Melvin Eugene Simoneaux Sr., four 
children, Debra Simoneaux Louviere and her husband Gary, Melvin Eugene 
Simoneaux Jr. and his wife Jeannine, Michael Joseph Simoneaux and his wife 
Donna, and Mark John Simoneaux Sr. and his wife Anna; two brothers, Fredrick 
Bourliea and Wilbert Bourliea; three sisters, Eunice Ronsonet, Rita Guillot, 
and Betty Broussard; five grandchildren, Renee Louviere, Sean Louviere, Joseph 
Simoneaux, Mark Simoneaux Jr., and Jacob Simoneaux; three step-grandchildren, 
Billy Galey, Aaron Galey, and Nicole Phillips; 12 great grandchildren; as well 
as numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace Paul Bourliea and Emelie 
Desormeaux Bourliea; four brothers, Wallace Pierre Bourliea, Louis Bourliea, 
James Bourliea, and George Bourliea; one sister, Amy Boudreaux; and two 
grandsons, Gary Louviere Jr. and Melvin Eugene Simoneaux III.

A gathering of family and friends will be held Thursday at Ibert's Mortuary in 
Franklin from 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM, with the rosary being prayed at 7:00 PM, 
and again Friday at the Church of the Assumption from 9:00 AM until time of 
Mass at 11:00 AM.

Serving as pallbearers will be Mark John Simoneaux Jr., Joseph Simoneaux, Sean 
Louviere, Scott Broussard, Billy Galey, and Aaron Galey. Honorary pallbearers 
will be Fredrick Bourliea and Wilbert Bourliea.

The family suggests contributions be made in Mrs. Theresa's name to Heart of 
Hospice, 201 West Vermilion Street, Suite 100, Lafayette, LA 70501, 877-406-
8851, www.heartofhospice.net.

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

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