Patricia T. ARNOULD

LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 4, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille for Patricia T. Arnould, 84, who died at 11:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 28, 2005, in Southwest Medical Center.Interment will be in the Lafayette Memorial Park.The Rev. George Simon will be the celebrant of the funeral Mass and will conduct the services.Jodi Bollich, organist, will sing for the services, "Be Not Afraid", "Hail Mary, Gentle Woman", "How Great Thou Art" and "Yahweh You Are Near".Giftbearers will be Tyler and Nicholas Dupuis and Kellie Boudreaux.A native of Kyushu, Japan and a resident of Lafayette for 53 years, Mrs. Arnould was a loving mother, grandmother and friend and will be missed by all who knew her.She loved camping, traveling and sewing. Mrs. Arnould was also a well-known seamstress while being a housewife in Lafayette.Survivors include two daughters, Patty Boudreaux and her husband, Wilson, of Duson, and Frances Dupuis and her husband, Barry, of Lafayette; two sons, Michael P. Arnould and his wife, Marsha, of Clinton, and John Stephen Arnould and his wife, Gerry, of Philomath, Ore.; 11 grandchildren, Chip, Luke, Carla, Ryane, Dustin, Cody Arnould, Paul, Andre and Kellie Boudreaux and Tyler and Nicholas Dupuis; and two great-grandchildren, Caleb and Collin Arnould.She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Paul Raoul Arnould Jr.; her parents; and one son, Anthony Paul Arnould Jr.A rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. today in the Martin & Castille Funeral Home.The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. today and will continue from 9 a.m. Friday until time of services.Pallbearers will be Paul and Andre Boudreaux, Chip, Luke and Cody Arnould and Bobby Brasseaux.Honorary pallbearers will be Nicholas, Tyler, Barry Dupuis and Wayne Arceneaux.Arrangements have been entrusted to Martin & Castille Funeral Home Inc. of Lafayette, (337) 234-2311.