Kaplan—Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan honoring the life of Maxie Joseph Lemaire, 86, who died Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Kaplan Healthcare Center.
He will be laid to rest at Kaplan Cemetery with Deacon David Vaughn officiating the services.
He is survived by one son, Harold Lemaire and his wife Rebecca of Lafayette; one daughter, Cheryl Lemaire Romero and her husband Donald of Abbeville; daughter-in-law, Darlene Lemaire of Kaplan; five sisters, Irine Hebert of Kaplan, Helen Hernandez of Abbeville, Faye Trahan and Lou LeBlanc of Meaux, and Leannie Bourque of Kaplan; one brother, Will Lemaire of Mulvey; four grandchildren, Lorraine Lemaire Guidry and her husband Jason of Lafayette, Sarah Romero Harrington and her husband D.J. of Abbeville, Samuel Romero and his wife Lindsey of Abbeville and Skye Lemaire of Kaplan; and seven great grandchildren, Andrew, Olivia and Sophie Guidry, Gabrielle, Grant and Grace Harrington and Evangeline Romero.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Enola C. Lemaire; two beloved sons, Keith Joseph and Farron Anthony Lemaire; one grandson, Blake Lemaire; two brothers, Lee Lemaire and Raymond Lemaire of Kaplan; and two sisters, Virginia Frederick and Eunice Guidry.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Kaplan, 300 N. Eleazar Avenue, on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. with a rosary to be prayed at 6 p.m.; Wednesday, December 2, from 8 a.m. until services.