Deaths March 20

MRS. GILBERT LEBLANC

Eunice - A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Friday, March 21, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Ardoin’s Funeral Home Chapel for Mrs. Gilbert LeBlanc the former, Esther “Nin” Granger, 87, who passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, in Savoy Medical Center in Mamou.

Rite of Committal will follow in St. Augustine Mausoleum with Fr. Bill Rogalla Celebrant.

Esther shared a business, LeBlanc Appliance and Plumbing, with her loving husband for 52 years.

She is survived by her husband, Gilbert LeBlanc of Basile; three sons, Peter LeBlanc, Sr. of Basile, Robert Don LeBlanc of Basile, and Danny LeBlanc of Eunice; one daughter, Barbara Comeaux of Basile; one sister, Percy Duhon of Lake Charles; fifteen grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

She is also preceded in death by her sons, Richard Ambrose LeBlanc and Randall Timothy LeBlanc; a grandson, Gary Brent Comeaux; and her parents, Cyprien and Eliman Duplechain Granger.

Visitation is at Ardoin Funeral Home in Basile on Thursday, March 20, 2008 from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. and again on Friday from 7 a.m. until time of services. A rosary was recited at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Peter LeBlanc, Jr., Paul LeBlanc, Chris Comeaux, Timmy LeBlanc, Spence LeBlanc, Cade LeBlanc. Honorary pallbearers will be Rob Miller, Mitch Miller, Mark Miller. Readers will be her granddaughters, Vanesa Guillory, Kathryn LeBlanc, and Ashlyn LeBlanc. Other participantes will be her daughters in law, Cheryl Vizena, Debbie LeBlanc, and Christine LeBlanc.