Ethel Leon Leger

Ethel Leon Leger Rayne, LA - Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 4, 2017 at a 10:00 am Mass of Christian Burial at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Rayne, LA for Ethel Leon Leger, 88, who died Tuesday May 2, 2017 at her resident in Scott, LA. Interment will be in the St. Joseph Cemetery #2, Mausoleum in Rayne, LA. Rev. Kevin Bordelon, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Survivors include four daughters, Ruth Ann Leger of Rayne, Cecile Leger of Rayne, Myra Leger of Rayne, Sheila Leger Schexnaider and husband Lee of Abbeville, two sons, Joey Leger and wife Susan of Jennings, Mark Louis Leger of Rayne, son in law, Duane Ledford, Sr. of Crowley, nine grandchildren, Beth Schefcik and husband Travis, Jackie McGrew and husband Brian, Duane Ledford, Jr. and wife Elizabeth, Abbie Rorex and husband Bailey, Andrew Lyons, Brittanty Ringuet and husband Kolby, Victoria Leger, Courtney Roy and fiance Ashley, Phillip Schexnaider, eight great-grandchildren, Brantley Schfcik, Gavin Schefcik, Olivia Faye Schefcik, Samuel McGrew, Gabriel McGrew, Wyatt Ledford, Edith Rorex, Luke Roy, sister, Lurnice Leon Meche and husband Leo Val of Mire, brother, Laurie Leon and wife Cheryl of Duson, fiance, Deloris "Duke" Duplechin of Scott, sister in law, Anna Bell Leon of Duson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Merton Joseph Leger, two daughters, Faye Marie Leger Ledford, Claire Louise Leger, father, Lawrence Leon, mother, Lula Guidry Leon, sister, Flaven Leon Burke, brother, Gilford Leon. Pallbearers will be Duane Ledford, Jr., Courtney Roy, Andrew Lyons, Travis Schefcik, Brian McGrew, Bailey Rorex. Honorary Pallbearers will be Duane Ledford, Sr., Lee Schexnaider, Kolby Ringuet. Ethel enjoyed being with her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. She loved to cook especially her rice dressing and pecan praline. Her grandchildren called her the pancake queen because they were so good. She enjoyed working in her yard for which she received the Garden Award from the Rayne Garden Club three times. She was a very active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Good Samaritan Group, Ladies Altar Society, Catholic Daughters of America, Lay Carmelite Order, Eucharistic Minister, helped with Masses for the shut ins at Rayne Guest Home for 28 years. CCD teacher for 5 years, Baptismal program for 10 years, and received the Bishop Service Award Medal in 1999. She was a member of the Elderberries, Golden Club, American Legion Auxiliary. She was one of the first groups to recite the French rosary at the funeral home for the parish. April 2007 she received from the Beta Sigma Phi the Service Award in recantation and accomplishments for the service to the community of Rayne, LA. She attended school in Duson, she graduated from Scott High School in 1946. Then attended University of Southwest Lafayette with a degree in child development. She worked in the Head Start program for 25 years. She was a board member for the Christian Service Center for 20 years A Rosary will be prayed Wednesday at 7:00 pm in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA. The family requests that visitation be observed in Gossen Funeral Home in Rayne LA on Wednesday May 3, 2017 from 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm and on Thursday May 4, 2017 from 8:00 am to 9:30 am. 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.