Helen Della Laplace Leblanc

December 13, 1923 — October 19, 2007

Helen Della LaPlace LeBlanc , a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and friend died prayerfully and peacefully in her home surrounded by family and friends on Friday, October 19, 2007. Visitation will be at Vincent Funeral Home, 209 South St. Charles Street in Abbeville, on Sunday, October 21 from 10 AM to 9 PM. Rosary will be prayed at 6 PM on Sunday. Visitation will resume Monday, October 22 at 8 AM until the funeral Mass. Mass of Christian Burial will be at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church, 300 Pere Megret in Abbeville, on Monday, October 22 at 11 AM. Services will be officiated by Fr. Chester Arceneaux and Fr. William Blanda. Interment will immediately follow in St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery located on the Old Kaplan Highway in Abbeville.
Helen was born in Abbeville, Louisiana to Paul and Della LaPlace on December 13, 1923. She married Robert Joseph LeBlanc on December 30, 1944, enjoying 63 years of marital love together. They had three daughters, seven grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Prior to marriage she worked at the Abbeville Meridional as Society Editor and at the Post Office. After her first child was born she devoted herself to her family and friends.
She is survived by her husband Bob; daughter Bobbie Lane Tinker and her husband Joe of Erath; daughter Helen Denise Ziegler and her husband John of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; daughter Donna Marie Thibodeaux of Erath; grandchild Adrienne Tinker Wright and her husband Tim of Dallas, Texas and their children Maria, Timothy, Erin and Benjamin; grandchild Robert Joseph Tinker and wife Kumiko of Dallas, Texas and their children Raemi and Taro; grandchild Kathryn Tinker Vega and husband Adrian of Dallas, Texas and their children Avery and Della Lane; grandchild Jonathan Paul Tinker and wife Christina of Houston, Texas; grandchild Courtney Lane Thibodeaux and fiancée Ron Dore; grandchild Brooks Benjamin Thibodeaux and his daughter Kennedi Grace; grandchild Brittlyn Denee Thibodeaux, all of Erath. She was also survived by her loving siblings and their spouses: Ruby Billiau, Paul E. LaPlace and wife Laura LaPlace, Ophelia ‘Fee’ Meaux and husband Pervis ‘Pee Wee’ Meaux; and wonderful in-laws Gertrude LeBlanc, Shirley LeBlanc Ditch and husband O.P. Ditch and Eula LaPlace.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother George LaPlace, brothers-in-law: Raymond Billiau, Nathaniel Miguez and Dr. Edward J. LeBlanc and nephew Tommy LaPlace.
We give special thanks to the ‘caregiver angels’ who cared for her at the end of her life: Lou Landry, Penney Brailey, Mary Lee Thompson, Leona Brailey, Dorienne Sherrer and the staff of Hospice of Acadiana. We also want to thank Liz Landry, her friend and hairdresser, who tended to her weekly after she was homebound and her devoted friends of forty years who continued to play cards together in her home when she was no longer ambulatory.
She worshipped with the community at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church and was faithful to Perpetual Adoration devotion from its inception in the parish until her physical disability prevented participation.
Our mother’s life was defined by her commitment to her faith, her family and her friends. We were blessed with the grace of her loving, generous spirit. We hope to continue to live out the values she taught us.
In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations to Hospice of Acadiana.

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Helen Della Laplace Leblanc

December 13, 1923 — October 19, 2007

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