A Mass of Christian Burial for Mrs. Marie Beaudoin will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 12, 2011 at St. Anthony of Pudua Catholic Church in Natchitoches with Rev. John O’Brien officiating. Interment will follow at Cloutierville Catholic Cemetery under the direction of Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011 at Blanchard St. Denis Funeral Home. A Rosary service will be held during the visitation hours on Friday.
Mrs. Beaudoin, 106 years of age, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011 in Natchitoches, LA.
Marie is preceded in death by her beloved husband McKinley Beaudoin, and oldest daughter Beaulah Beaudoin-LaCaze.
She is survived by three children James (Emelda) Beaudoin, Dorothy Grace LaCour-McCullum, Virginia Media (Louie) Greenwood-Gerst. Ms. Marie has seven surviving grandchildren, Renaud (Beau) Beaudoin, Kenneth Beaudoin, Cynthia (Robert) Rickert, Sherry (James) Magness, Daphne (David) Schiff, Dinah LaCaze, Dorothy (Robert) Robertson, and numerous step-grandchildren. Ms. Marie has 10 great-grandchildren and numerous step great-grandchildren, sixteen great-great grandchildren, and numerous step great-great grandchildren. While she is joining many family members in heaven she will be greatly missed here on earth.