The Life of Edith Marie Guilbeaux
Funeral Services will be held at a 2:00 pm Mass of Christian Burial on Sunday, February 28, 2010 in the Delhomme Chapel of the Flowers for Edith Marie Guilbeaux, 93, who passed away on February 25, 2010 at 5:28PM at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center.
Reverend James Liprie, Abbott of Our Lady of the Redeemer Monastery, will be Celebrant of the Mass and will conduct the funeral services.
Entombment will take place in Holy Mary Mother of God Cemetery
Mrs. Guilbeaux, a resident of Lafayette, LA, was the daughter of the late Elie LeBlanc and Henrietta Bernard LeBlanc. In 1953, when Bertrand Drive was a gravel road, Edith and Russell opened Southside Bakery. Edith was a cake decorator and enjoyed talking to her customers. She was a true servant to the people. She always found time to help her family, friends and customers. It was all about helping everyone that needed help. Edith always had a smile on her face and never complained about anything. With her rosary and her smile, she really was a believer in the Prayer of St. Francis. She will be missed by everyone that knew her. And as my mother would say, '' Enough said about me.''
She is survived by her sons Samuel P. Guilbeaux and his wife Gerry Landry Guilbeaux, Russell James Guilbeaux and his wife Carolyn B. Guilbeaux; six grandchildren, Tammie G. Simon, Samara G. Curtis and her husband Randy, Penny G. Ayo and her husband David, Billy J. Guilbeaux and his wife Leslie G. Guilbeaux, Denny P. Guilbeaux and James Bean Guilbeaux; five great-children, Lauren Simon, Skylar, Janie, Ashley and Charles Curtis and one sister, Lillian L. LeBlanc.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Armand Russell Guilbeaux, her father, Elie LeBlanc, her mother, Henrietta Bernard LeBlanc; two brothers, Buke LeBlanc and Abel LeBlanc, and one sister, Leonie L. Blanchet.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed on Saturday, February 27, 2010 from 12 Noon until 9:00pm with a rosary to be recited at 7 pm and will resume Sunday at 8 am until service time at Delhomme Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be Billy Guilbeaux, Denny Guilbeaux, James Bean Guilbeaux, Keith LeBlanc, Carroll Blanchet and Dale Blanchet.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting donations be made to Our Lady of the Redeemer Monastery, 168 Monastery Lane, Opelousas, LA 70570 to establish a bakery in memory of Edith and Russell Guilbeaux, to produce products for the Monastery''s future coffee shop and bakery.
Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, is in charge of funeral arrangements.
