HoopsMcCann
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so sorry, man
Could use some prayers
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Johnny Dangerously
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Helen
May 18, 1931 -
July 3, 2006
She gave it one hell of a fight
May 18, 1931 -
July 3, 2006
She gave it one hell of a fight
The Big Ragu
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So sorry for your loss, JD.
cougargirl
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Our sympathies, JD.
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markvid
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My sympathies as well.
Just be glad you had her as long as you did.
Just be glad you had her as long as you did.
Ashy Larry
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Sorry for your loss JD.
Ashy
Ashy
Jesus_Muscatel
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JD,
Really sorry to hear this.
Thoughts and prayers with all of you.
Jesus
Really sorry to hear this.
Thoughts and prayers with all of you.
Jesus
slappy4428
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Sorry, brother...
Next time your this way, the drink and the shoulder are on me if you wish...
Next time your this way, the drink and the shoulder are on me if you wish...
Hank_Scorpio
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Sorry to hear about your loss, JD.
Rosie
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JD ~
My most sincere condolences to you and your family.
I'll be sure to remember you in my prayers.
{{{{Hugs}}}}
My most sincere condolences to you and your family.
I'll be sure to remember you in my prayers.
{{{{Hugs}}}}
Frank_Ridgeway
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Sorry, JD. My dad died a few years ago, but I still feel the connection and I imagine I always will. That's one thing I wish I knew at the time because the loss seemed so total, but it won't be quite like that.
Sxysprtswrtr
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Sorry to hear the news JD --- Much love and hugs for you and your family.
We love ya here.
We love ya here.
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zeke12
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Really sorry to hear, J_D.
Johnny Dangerously
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Writing your mother's obituary is not easy, but it was a kind of therapy for me. Sharing it with my friends here if nobody minds.
Helen Dubois
The family of Helen Marie Desormeaux Dubois, 75, invites friends and
neighbors to a celebration of her life at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 8,
2006, at St. Margaret Catholic Church in Lake Charles.
  She carried each of her four children in her arms for their first
Mass at their hometown church, and together they will gather there to
offer her to God, and as a testament to the beauty of a life of
selfless giving and unblinking courage in the face of death.
  Helen's last breath, Monday in a Houston hospital, marked the
final beat of a heart both tender and tough, strengthened by faith and
a lifetime of loving, sharing and caring. From her birth May 18, 1931,
in Erath, she inspired many with a quiet devotion to those she held
dear. They will tell their stories of Helen and hope to hear others
during remembrances at week's end and beyond.
  She will be laid to rest in Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles
next to her husband, Whitney Joseph Dubois Jr., who died Nov. 1, 1980.
  They are survived by four children, Lois Clausen and husband Roger
of Lake Charles, Denise Landry and husband Gil of Santa Clara, Calif.,
Renee Gillespie and husband John of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and Carl
Dubois of Baton Rouge. Her daughters and son spent her last months,
weeks, days and hours witnessing her brave struggle with illness, a
fight devoid of complaint and colored by her usual quiet dignity.
  She loved and nurtured nine grandchildren, Elizabeth and Adam
Clausen of Lake Charles, Jackie, John Whitney and Joseph Gillespie of
Anaheim Hills, Calif.; Gilbert Landry of Portland, Ore., Brad Landry
of Lake Charles, Josh Landry of Lafayette and Jacob Landry of Seattle,
Wash.
  Helen's brother Roland Desormeaux lives in Daly City, Calif.
Another brother, Eugene Desormeaux, preceded her in death, as did her
parents, Eluse Desormeaux and Edia Boudreaux Desormeaux, who was later
Edia Oliva.
  Helen grew up in humble circumstances in Erath, living without
most modern conveniences for the first years of her life. She spoke
only Cajun French until the first grade.
  She learned English in the classroom, helped teach it to her
family and became valedictorian of her graduating class at Erath High
School, which she represented at Pelican State. She spent summer
vacations picking cotton in the humid heat of south Louisiana.
  To better herself and her family, she moved after high school to
New Orleans for her first full-time job. She married and moved to Lake
Charles in 1950. As an adult she owned three homes, the last purchased
proudly on her own and built by the sweat and love of her son-inlaw,
Gil Landry.
  Once widowed, she worked at the Calcasieu Parish School Board
Accounts Payable Department and increased her nest egg through careful
planning and her trademark thrift. She spoke with conviction about
elected leaders borrowing from the future instead of having to balance
a budget like she did, and she insisted she could have taught them a
few things about economical spending.
  A lifetime of coupon clipping, sale seeking and selfsacrifice — so
her family could have better opportunities than she had — shaped her
self-sufficiency and enabled her to live comfortably without asking
for help. She did so quietly, not wanting to burden her children, for
whom she was always quick to offer help despite her limited resources,
even to the end.
  They have lost a good listener, a loyal friend, a devoted
seamstress and the personification of the book "The Giving Tree." The
community has lost a tireless and savvy volunteer.
  An inveterate maker of lists, she could have easily been the face
of the Post-it note had the fates found her at the right time. She put
them to good use, as the refrigerator, desks and counter tops of her
home still testify.
Helen Dubois
The family of Helen Marie Desormeaux Dubois, 75, invites friends and
neighbors to a celebration of her life at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 8,
2006, at St. Margaret Catholic Church in Lake Charles.
  She carried each of her four children in her arms for their first
Mass at their hometown church, and together they will gather there to
offer her to God, and as a testament to the beauty of a life of
selfless giving and unblinking courage in the face of death.
  Helen's last breath, Monday in a Houston hospital, marked the
final beat of a heart both tender and tough, strengthened by faith and
a lifetime of loving, sharing and caring. From her birth May 18, 1931,
in Erath, she inspired many with a quiet devotion to those she held
dear. They will tell their stories of Helen and hope to hear others
during remembrances at week's end and beyond.
  She will be laid to rest in Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles
next to her husband, Whitney Joseph Dubois Jr., who died Nov. 1, 1980.
  They are survived by four children, Lois Clausen and husband Roger
of Lake Charles, Denise Landry and husband Gil of Santa Clara, Calif.,
Renee Gillespie and husband John of Anaheim Hills, Calif., and Carl
Dubois of Baton Rouge. Her daughters and son spent her last months,
weeks, days and hours witnessing her brave struggle with illness, a
fight devoid of complaint and colored by her usual quiet dignity.
  She loved and nurtured nine grandchildren, Elizabeth and Adam
Clausen of Lake Charles, Jackie, John Whitney and Joseph Gillespie of
Anaheim Hills, Calif.; Gilbert Landry of Portland, Ore., Brad Landry
of Lake Charles, Josh Landry of Lafayette and Jacob Landry of Seattle,
Wash.
  Helen's brother Roland Desormeaux lives in Daly City, Calif.
Another brother, Eugene Desormeaux, preceded her in death, as did her
parents, Eluse Desormeaux and Edia Boudreaux Desormeaux, who was later
Edia Oliva.
  Helen grew up in humble circumstances in Erath, living without
most modern conveniences for the first years of her life. She spoke
only Cajun French until the first grade.
  She learned English in the classroom, helped teach it to her
family and became valedictorian of her graduating class at Erath High
School, which she represented at Pelican State. She spent summer
vacations picking cotton in the humid heat of south Louisiana.
  To better herself and her family, she moved after high school to
New Orleans for her first full-time job. She married and moved to Lake
Charles in 1950. As an adult she owned three homes, the last purchased
proudly on her own and built by the sweat and love of her son-inlaw,
Gil Landry.
  Once widowed, she worked at the Calcasieu Parish School Board
Accounts Payable Department and increased her nest egg through careful
planning and her trademark thrift. She spoke with conviction about
elected leaders borrowing from the future instead of having to balance
a budget like she did, and she insisted she could have taught them a
few things about economical spending.
  A lifetime of coupon clipping, sale seeking and selfsacrifice — so
her family could have better opportunities than she had — shaped her
self-sufficiency and enabled her to live comfortably without asking
for help. She did so quietly, not wanting to burden her children, for
whom she was always quick to offer help despite her limited resources,
even to the end.
  They have lost a good listener, a loyal friend, a devoted
seamstress and the personification of the book "The Giving Tree." The
community has lost a tireless and savvy volunteer.
  An inveterate maker of lists, she could have easily been the face
of the Post-it note had the fates found her at the right time. She put
them to good use, as the refrigerator, desks and counter tops of her
home still testify.
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