A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Iota for Esther June LeJeune, 89, who died Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 1:44 p.m. in Lafayette.
Fr. Jude Thierry, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, will officiate for the services. The family requests visiting hours Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. A rosary will be recited Tuesday at 6 p.m. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery.
Ms. LeJeune was a self-taught accordion player and enjoyed playing Cajun / French music with many other local musicians at Savoy Music Center in Eunice. Her picture hangs on the wall at the Eunice Depot Museum as one of the local musicians who was part of the French heritage.
Mrs. LeJeune is survived by four daughters, Sandra George and her husband John of Woodville, TX, Lucina Scarlett and her husband Tom of Omaha, NE, Silvia Abdulrahman and her husband Ahmed of Lafayette and Laura Gomez Miller of Youngsville; two sons, Dean Broussard and his wife Caroline of Antioch, TN and Silvino Gomez of Youngsville; three sisters, Beulah Berry of Gary, IN, Helen Patin of Iota and Anna Ardoin of Eunice; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren .
She was preceded in death by her parents, Noah and Laura Young LeJeune; three brothers, Perry, “Tee” and Elroy LeJeune.
Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey.com
Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, 509 Duson Avenue, Iota, LA 70543, 337-779-2669.
Esther June LeJeune
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