Jane Stephenson Hebert

Funeral services will be held on Monday, Jan. 12, at a 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial in the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette for Jane Stephenson Hebert, 85, who died on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette.

Interment will be in Fountain Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

Reverend Msgr. J. Douglas Courville, JCL, pastor of St. Stephen Catholic Church in Berwick, will be the celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Lectors will be Allison Hall and Steven Hebert.  Giftbearers will be her granddaughters. Margaret Jane Hall and Laurie James will sing for the services.

Survivors include her daughters, Mrs. John (Ann) Crawford, Mrs. John Westh (Mary) Bowman, Mrs. John (Cecile) Fung, and Mrs. John (Katherine) Hall; her sons, Louis Jude Hebert (Donna), and Thomas Michael Hebert (Karen); her companion, Robert Laseter; her brother, Lee Jude Reed (Anita); her sister, Dinah Reed Hoyt; her grandchildren, Megan Crawford, Rebecca Bowman Bremer (John Kyle), Matthew Bowman (Erin), Katie Fung Pappy (John Marcus), Margaret Fung Pappy (Weston), Jennifer Fung, Michael Hebert, Steven Hebert, Allison Hall, Margaret Jane Hall and Sarah Katherine Hall; and four great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank S. Hebert Jr.; her son, John G. Hebert; and her parents, Ralph B. Stephenson and Rose Bernadette Bergeron Reed.

A native of Crowley and a Lafayette resident, Jane was a genuine people person who never met a stranger. She began her career working for the Louisiana State Legislature as a secretary. After moving to Lafayette, she worked for New Hope Center, was the secretary for Cathedral Carmel High School and St. Thomas More Catholic High School for 17 years. She was proud of the students she cared for throughout her years and considered them part of her family.

Jane then began a career as a travel agent which continued until the present, having worked with Travel Machine for many of those years. She was a Master Cruise Counselor who coordinated large groups and would oversee vacations world wide, especially her annual trip to Puerto Vallarta, which was her favorite. Jane enjoyed knitting, loved her knitting friends, and even planned knitting group cruises for them. She lived and loved life and will be deeply missed.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons and sons in law.

The family requests that visitation be observed in Martin & Castille’s Downtown location on Sunday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Monday from 8 a.m. until time of service.

A Rosary will be prayed Sunday at 7 p.m. in Martin & Castille Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Jane S. Hebert’s name to Cathedral Carmel Foundation, 848 St. John Street, Lafayette, La. 70501, www.cathedralcarmel.com.

A heartfelt appreciation is extended by Jane’s family to the fourth-floor staff of Our Lady of  Lourdes Regional Medical Center for the compassionate care given to their mother and to the family.

View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com.