Viola Lanclos

Viola Lalonde Lanclos

Port Barre Funeral services for Mrs. Viola Lalonde Lanclos, age 80, will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, August 12, 2008, in the St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, Leonville. Interment will follow in the St. Leo Cemetery. Father Kenneth Domingue will conduct the Mass of Christian Burial. Readers for the Mass will be Amanda Lee, Julie Langwell, and Mike Landry. The gifts will be presented by Miranda Landry and Buffie Peterson.

Viola was born on December 30, 1927 in Leonville, La to the late Marie Seleman Adam Lalonde, Jr. Preceded in death by her parents, her sister, Helen Cooper, her brother, Kermit Lalonde, and her husband, Lee Lanclos.BRBRShe was quietly called to her heavenly home on Friday, August 8, 2008 at 2:23pm at Baton Rouge General Medical Center. She was there undergoing treatments for esophageal and lung cancer wtih Pennington Cancer Research Center of Louisiana.BRBRViola worked with her parents, farming, until later moving to New Orleans with her sister, Helen. She took a job there with a capital grocery food chain as a store clerk for a year. It was then that she started working for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph as an operator. While still living in New Orleans, she married the love of her life, Lee. In 1952, Viola and Lee moved back from the city and to Port Barre, where they started their own business. They owned and operated Lee''s Esso Station for several years. Then they built the Canal Station and she''s had other businesses; including a fabric shop, restaurant, the Military Surplus, and also VL Imports, which has been in business for over 38 years.BRBRShe will be loved and missed by all that knew her. We''ll be reminded of her when we see the statues that she''s sold throughout this area, as they all have her own personal touch. She was a strong woman and was able to carry a statue almost her weight without any struggle. Viola was quick in math and would compute a list of numbers in her head before you could total them up on a calculator. Monique, her dog, was used to having a little sip of coffee with her a couple times each day. Viola would put her coffee in a little bowl, sweeten it and cool it for her to drink. BRBRShe lived her life to the fullest and still is. BRBRMrs. Viola was a woman of many talents. During her life time, she worked as a telephone operator, owner and operator of a restaurant, Esso Service Station, a Canal Service Station, a Fabric shop and V L Imports and Military Surplus. Mrs. Viola was full of life and loved working and spending time with her family and friends. She is going to be missed by her family and all who knew and loved her.

Survivors include her sons; Jeffery Jeff Lanclos and wife, Mary Nola Hebert Lanclos of Notleyville; and Randy Anthony Lanclos, Sr. and wife, Wanda Faye E. Lanclos of Port Barre. grandchildren; Kelly and Bud Barker, Amanda and Charles Lee, Julie and Trenton Langwell, Ruby and Eddie Broussard, Crystal Guillory, Miranda and Michael Landry, Randy and Christine Lanclos, Jr.; and great grandchildren; Ryan and Cade Barker, Charles Michael and Austin Lee, Randi and Reaghan Broussard, Tyler Carter, Morgan and Michael Dale Landry, Jr. Emily Renee Lanclos. Her little poodle, Monique; and a close neice that was like the daughter she didn''t have, Buffy Peterson.BR

Preceded in death by her husband, Lee Lanclos; parents: Adam Lalonde, Jr. and Marie Stelly Lalonde; brother, Kermit Lalonde and sister; Helen Cooper.

Pallbearers will be Trenton Langwell, Charles Lee, Eddie Broussard, Randy Lanclos, Jr., Mike Landry and Ryan Barker.

Visiting hours will be observed in the Sibille Funeral Home of Port Barre on Monday, August 11, 2008, from 1 p.m. until10 p.m. On Tuesday, visitation will continue from 8 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.

A Rosary will be recited at 7:00 p.m. on Monday night in the funeral home.

Words of comfort to the family may be expressed at www.sibillefuneralhomes.com.

Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Sibille Funeral Home of Port Barre.
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Visitation

Sibille Funeral Home
402 Saizan Avenue
Port Barre, LA  70577
Monday, August 11, 2008
1 10 p.m.Tues. 810:30 a.m.

Service

Rosary Service

Sibille Funeral Home
402 Saizan Avenue
Port Barre, LA  70577
Monday, August 11, 2008
7:00 p.m.

Mass of Christian Burial

St. Leo the Great Catholic Church
126 Church Road
Leonville, LA  70551
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
11:00 a.m.

Cemetery

St. Leo the Great Catholic Cemetery
126 Church Road
Leonville, LA  70551