Emily Claire Prejean Dupuis

Emily Claire Prejean Dupuis Mire, LA - Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, March 25th, 2023 at a Mass of Christian Burial at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Mire for Emily Claire Prejean Dupuis, 37, who died Saturday, March 18, 2023, peacefully at her home surrounded by her husband and parents with cousins, aunts, uncles and friends nearby. Emily’s cousin Rev. Nick Ware, Parochial Vicar of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Eunice, LA as the Celebrant of the Memorial Mass and The Very Rev. Msgr. Russell Harrington, Pastor of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church as the Con-Celebrant. Inurnment will be in the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery in the Mausoleum in Mire, LA. To know Emily was to love her. She was an amazingly kind and generous soul who touched the lives of countless people. To her family, she was its heart, always taking care of everyone and making them feel special. To her friends, she was not only the life of the party and the one who would be there for you in any situation, but also the one you always called when you needed a voice of reason or some tough love. Emily would always tell you what you needed to hear, even if it wasn’t necessarily what you wanted to hear, and it was always said with love. She brought joy to both the young and young at heart of Rayne through her business Frozen Rayne, selling sno-cones and sweet treats, always with a smile. Schools, churches and charities could always count on Emily and her business for support of a good cause. Emily lived life to the fullest in the short 37 years she had on this Earth. She loved photography, being outdoors, camping, cooking and baking, shopping sprees (especially at Dollar Tree for the fun of it), spoiling her godchildren Even and Anzleigh, and her job and co-workers at Sterling Automotive, but nothing ever came before her love for her family. Left to treasure her memory are her beloved husband, Brandon Dupuis of Mire, her daughter, Evelyn Claire Dupuis of Mire, her son, Carson Scott Dupuis of Indian Bayou, her father James Kevin "Sweet P" Prejean of Mire, her mother Julie Gossen Savoie and step-father Paul Savoie of Rayne, her brothers, Jacque Savoie of Rayne and Jacob Adam Prejean and spouse Erin Prejean of Scott, her nieces, Elizah and Vivian Prejean of Scott, her mother-in-law, Patsy Nell Meaux Dupuis of Rayne, her uncles and aunts, Craig Prejean and spouse Shelia Prejean of Mire, Jackie Prejean and spouse Becky Prejean of Higginbotham, Jan G. Ware and spouse Edward Ware of Rayne, Marie G. Vondenstein and spouse Larry Vondenstein of Rayne, Jude Gossen and spouse Vickie Gossen of Scott, Susan G. Bearden and spouse Ray Bearden of Pasadena, TX, Laurie G. Alleman and spouse Gene Alleman of Rayne, Robert Gossen, Jr. and spouse Tiffany Gossen of Rayne, Sara G. Doga and spouse Donnie Doga of Rayne, Josette Gossen and spouse Christopher Heim of Pensacola, FL, her brother in law, Chad Dupuis and spouse Tracy Dupuis of Taylor, AR, her sister in law, Christie Dupuis of Kaplan, her godchildren Even Shane Prejean and Anzleigh LeBleu, and her numerous cousins. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Leonard "Sonny" Prejean, Jr. and Vivan Marie Adams Prejean, maternal grandparents, Robert Gossen, Sr. and Elizabeth Jeanne Anne Privat Gossen, and father-in-law, Dennis Ray Dupuis. The family requests that visitation be observed at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Mire, LA on Saturday, March 25, 2023 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. If you knew Emily at all, you know how she felt about flowers, so please make a donation to one of these organizations instead of sending flowers to the church for the service: MD Anderson, 1515 Holcmbe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030; St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude PL, Memphis, TN, 38105-9959; Heart of Hospice, 900 S. College Rd., STE 300, Lafayette, LA 70503. Friends may view the obituary and guestbook online at www.gossenfuneralhome.net. Arrangements have been entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, LA, (337) 334-3141. Gossen Funeral Home, Inc

Emily Claire Prejean Dupuis

November 7, 1985 - March 18, 2023