Dorothy Mae Moreau LeBlanc

She was a native of Mamou and had been a resident of the Sulphur/Carlyss area most of her adult life. Dorothy was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church where she was a member of the Ladies Altar Society, the Catholic Daughters, the Cursillo and St. Vincent DePaul charity organization. She enjoyed playing pokeno, gardening, crabbing, cooking (especially baking) and taking care of her family. She will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend.

Survivors include her husband of 63 years, Jerome “Jerry” LeBlanc of Carlyss; her children, Debra LeBlanc Dickson and husband Dan of Sulphur, Paul LeBlanc and wife Angela of Sulphur, Jerome LeBlanc and wife Kathryn of Beaumont, Texas, Joe LeBlanc and wife Diana of Sulphur, Luke LeBlanc and wife Jeani of Carlyss, Melanie LeBlanc Morris and husband Michael of Carlyss, and Tony LeBlanc and wife Aimee of Carlyss; her siblings, Kenneth Moreau and Beatrice Fontenot of Mamou, and Theo Moreau of Pine Bluff, Ark.; sister-in-law, Gwen Moreau of Lake Charles; brother-in-law, Herman Leger of Ville Platte; 27 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Theo and Elvin Moreau; and siblings, Helena Moreau Leger and Robert Moreau.

Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, in St. Theresa Catholic Church. The Rev. Joe Aquino, MS will officiate. Pallbearers will be Paul LeBlanc, Jerome LeBlanc, Joe LeBlanc, Luke LeBlanc, Tony LeBlanc, Mike Morris and Scott Helton. Burial will be in Mimosa Pines Cemetery South in Carlyss under the direction of Hixson-Sulphur Memorial Funeral Home. Visitation is from 4-9 p.m. Tuesday with a Cursillo Rosary service at 7 p.m. and will resume on Wednesday at 11 a.m.

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