ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: LEBLANC, FRANCIS GEAN 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: E.J. Fielding Funeral Home, Covington, La.

Died Friday, December 2, 2011

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LEBLANC, LT. COL. FRANCIS GEAN, USARMY RET.
(September 24, 1925 - December 2, 2011)

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Lt. Col. Francis Gean LeBlanc, US Army Ret. passed away on Friday, December 2, 
2011.

Beloved father of Drucilla Ann L. Brannen (David), Gwendolyn Marie L. Payne 
(Wes), Pamela Jean L. Hart (Ed) and Thomas Joseph LeBlanc (Beth). He is also 
survived by nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. 

He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Lee Shaffer LeBlanc; his mother, 
Laura Gaudin LeBlanc; his father, Albert Joseph LeBlanc; and a sister, Elaine 
L. Fortenberry.

Age 86 years, he was a native of Alexandria, LA and a resident of Mandeville, 
LA for the past 8 years.

Known by family and friends as “Gean,” Lt. Col. LeBlanc held degrees in nursing 
from Lamar College in Beaumont, TX, and St. Mary College in Leavenworth, KS, as 
well as an M.S. degree in Nursing Education from Indiana University in 
Bloomington, IN. He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. Lt. 
Col. LeBlanc held positions as a nursing instructor and head of psychiatric 
nursing at various Army facilities in the United States and Germany. Following 
his retirement from the Army in 1974, he later served as director of nursing 
for the Veterans Administration Hospital in Marion, IN, until 1987.

Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral service 
at the Chapel of E.J. Fielding Funeral Home Inc., 2260 W. 21st. Ave., 
Covington, LA 70433 on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 2:00 PM.

A wake will be held on Monday, December 5, 2011 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM, with 
visitation resuming on Tuesday at 12:00 Noon.

Interment with Military Honors will be held at Pinecrest Memorial Gardens 
following the service.

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