1920
Cleo
2008
Cleo Claudia Songy Degraauw
February 11, 1920 — December 31, 2008
Funeral services will be held Monday, January 5, 2009 at an 11:00 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church honoring the life of Cleo Claudia Songy deGraauw, 88, who died Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at her residence. She will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery with Msgr. James Songy officiating the services. Cleo was born on Evergreen Plantation, in Wallace, Louisiana. She received a masters degree in Library Science from LSU. As a young lady she served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during WWII. Cleo served as Vermilion Parish librarian for many years and then served as librarian at Mount Carmel High School and Vermilion Catholic High School. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robert deGraauw; two sons, Robert deGraauw, Jr. and wife Gayla of Little Elm, TX and James deGraauw and wife Nancy of Baton Rouge; three daughters, Peggy Ashley and husband David of Abbeville, Anne deGraauw of Abbeville and Susan Baudoin of Crofton, MD; two brothers, Msgr. James Songy of Lockport and Kenneth Songy and wife Iris of St. Rose; two sisters, Enid Nielsen and husband Tommy of Algiers and Elsy Morris of Biloxi, a brother-in-law, Harry Nethery of Algiers; two sisters-in-law, Carolyn Songy of Baton Rouge and Carolyn Adams of Alexandria, nine grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Fabiola Songy; three brothers, Claude Songy, Jr., Msgr. Donald Songy and Gerald Songy; two sisters, Lois Landry and Joan "Toni" Nethery; and a great grandchild, Gillian Ashley. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles Street, on Sunday, January 4, 2009 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. with a rosary to be prayed at 7:00 p.m. The family will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. until time of the service. The family ask in lieu of flowers donations be made to Mount Carmel Elementry, 405 Park Ave., Abbeville LA, 70510,Vermilion Catholic High School, 425 Park Ave., Abbeville LA, 70510 and St. Mary Magdalen Capital Campaign, P.O. Box 1507, Abbeville LA, 70510.
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