Ernest Dean Leblanc

Abbeville—Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, March  4, 2023 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Ernest Dean Ortolon LeBlanc, 77, who died Monday, February 27, 2023 at The Carpenter House of St. Joseph Hospice.  She will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery with Deacon Randy Hyde officiating the services.

Mrs. Ernest Dean LeBlanc was born May 10, 1945, to Eva and George Ortolon. George worked in the oilfield and moved around. Dean came to live with her grandmother, Ella in Abbeville. She graduated from Abbeville High School in 1963. She attended beauty school after graduating from high school. Dean opened her own beauty shop on Highway 14 in Abbeville. She worked in her own shop for 10 years. Dean met Thomas LeBlanc in 1973, and the two got married on December 22, 1973. They had been married for 49 years. She moved the beauty shop to the country, and she worked for 7 years. Dean closed her beauty shop when her son George was born. Her greatest joy was being a mother and grandmother.

No one was ever a stranger to her. She was an avid gardener, growing everything from flowers to herbs and vegetables. She had a love for animals that would make St. Francis proud.

She is sadly missed by her husband, Thomas C. LeBlanc; three grandchildren, Lainey Renee LeBlanc, Johnny Dean LeBlanc, both of Fort Walton, FL, and Tanner Hill of Austin, TX; two sisters-in-law, Sue LeBlanc of TX and Anita Matte of Abbeville.

She was preceded in death by her parents, George and Eva Ortolon; grandmother, Ella Blanchard; and son George E. LeBlanc.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Friday, March  3, 2023 from 4:00 PM until 9:00 PM with a rosary being prayed at 6:30 PM; Saturday, March  4, 2023 from 8:00 AM until time of services.