Obituaries of APRIL 1982 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La. NOTE: THE OBITUARIES BELOW MAY NOT BE A COMPLETE LISTING FOR THE MONTH OR DAY Submitted by: As listed with each Obit Source: As listed with each Obit Last modified: 31 Mar 2007 ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. ********************************************** ========================== The date preceding the obituary is the date of the newspaper, not the date of death. ============================================================================ NOTE: The obituaries for APR 1982 listed the DAY of death rather than the DATE. A calendar is provided for reference. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ============================================================================ Submitted by: Chris Tidwell Source: Lafourche Comet Newspaper - Lafourche Parish, La. Apr. 16, 1982 L. Clyde LeBlanc: died Saturday at age 73 Writer-artist Clyde LeBlanc Dead at 73 L. Clyde LeBlanc, a noted local writer and artist died Saturday at the age of 73. LeBlanc's achievements also included singing and working with the LePetit Theatre de Terrebonne in many of it's productions throughout the years. During those years he performed, directed, managed and designed sets and reached a point where members of the theater company called him the 'driving force' behind the group. As an artist, his works depicted the Louisiana Cajun Country and its people and many of his renderings can be seen in area homes. During the Bicentennial of 1976, he supervised the production and drew the cartoons for the "Good Earth Cookbook," a work compiling many old Cajun recipes. Profits from the sales of that book went to his favorite endeavor; the restoration of the Southdown Museum. He also published "The Nobell Lettres," a book of Cajun humor and funny stories again writing it and drawing the illustrations himself. Besides his artistic endeavors, LeBlanc was also a prominent local businessman, having operated a bakery, a plumbing and heating supply company and a mechanical contracting and engineering company. In 1957, through self-study, he earned his Professional Engineer's license by taking a two-day examination and then in 1961, while a member of the Plumbing Board, he was examined and licensed as a Journeyman Plumber. After years of faithful service to Terrebonne Parish through his business life and his artistic endeavors, LeBlanc was named the Terrebonne Parish Most Useful Citizen by the Houma Courier in 1972. Funeral Arrangements. Visitation will be held today from 2:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Chauvin Funeral Home and will resume at 8 a.m. Monday until funeral time. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the St. Francis de Sales Cathedral with burial to follow at St. Francis No. 2 Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Ray LeBlanc; one son, Louis C. LeBlanc of Greenville, S.C.; four daughters, Mrs. O.J. (Clyde Anne) Davis of Pascugoula, Miss., Mrs. Fred Linda Thibodaux of Houma, Mrs. Robert Davis LeJeune of Beaumont, Texas and Mrs. Manual Sylvia Martinez of Baton Rouge; one brother, L. Lloyd LeBlanc of Houma and one sister, Mrs. Rudolph Alma Ellender also of Houma; 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild. He his preceded in death by his parents, Leonie Arcement and Louis LeBlanc. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Terrebonne Historical and Cultural Society for the restoration of the Southdown Museum. Chauvin Funeral Home of Houma, is handling the arrangements.