RAYNE - Funeral services were held Friday, March 22, 2019, at a 3 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne for Patricia Anne Zaunbrecher, 88, who died Tuesday, March 19, at The Ellington Nursing Home in Rayne.
Interment was in the St. Joseph Cemetery #1 in Rayne.
Rev. Kevin Bordelon, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church, was celebrant of the Funeral Mass and conducted the funeral services.
Survivors include three nephews, Karl Bailey of Lafayette, David Bailey of Natchitoches and Wallace Ousse of Frederick, Maryland; four nieces, Barbara Carpenter Miller of Rayne, Kathleen Bailey Burk of Pensacola, Florida, Helena Ousse Long of Kenner and Anne Ousse of Kaplan; five great-nieces, Teresa Bailey Day of Baton Rouge, Brianna Bailey Megee of Hot Springs Arkansas, Elizabeth Long Cormier of Lafayette, Stacy M. Miller of Rayne and Jennifer Ousse Seye of Baltimore, Maryland; and three great-nephews, Joseph Long of Kenner, Ryan L. Miller of Bossier City and Christopher Ousse of Frederick, Maryland.
She was preceded in death by her father, Karl Zaunbrecher Sr.; mother, Helena Frey Zaunbrecher; five sisters, Stephanie Zaunbrecher, Theresa Zaunbrecher Bailey, Eleanor Zaunbrecher Ousse, Julia Zaunbrecher and Louise Zaunbercher Carpenter; five brothers, John Zaunbrecher, Karl Zaunbrecher Jr., Hubert Zaunbrecher, Thomas Philip Zaunbrecher and Bernard Zaunbrecher; and a great nephew, David Karl Burk.
Ms. Zaunbrecher was a life long member of Rayne and was a school teacher with the Acadia Parish School Board teaching in Rayne until her retirement. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and a member of the Ladies Altar Society with St. Joseph and St. Leo Catholic Churches.
A Rosary was prayed Friday, March 22, at noon in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne.
The family requested visitation be observed in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne on Friday March 22, from 10 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.
The family would like to give a special thanks to Dr. D. Thomas Curtis, her long time caregivers Christine Breaux and Joella Lease for their compassion and kindness shown to her, and The Ellington Nursing Home Staff.
Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net.
Arrangements were entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, (337) 334-3141.