Alma Marie DUGAS

CARENCRO - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, 2005, at a Mass of Christian Burial in St. John Berchmans Roman Catholic Church in Cankton for Alma Marie Dupuis, 81, the former Alma Marie Dugas, who passed away at 8:35 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2005, at her residence in Carencro.Interment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Lafayette.The Rev. Henry J. Broussard, pastor of St. John Berchmans Catholic Church, will officiate at the services.Mrs. Dupuis was a native of New Orleans and a resident of Carencro for most of her life. She was a parishioner of St. John Berchmans Catholic Church in Cankton and was a member of the Rosary Group. Mrs. Dupuis was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.Survivors include her husband of 62 years, Cleveland "Gee" Dupuis, of Carencro; two sons, Kenneth Louis Dupuis and his wife, Linda, of Carencro, and Keith James Dupuis, of The Woodlands, Texas; two grandchildren, Scott Dupuis and Stephen Dupuis; and three step-grandchildren, Christopher Piasecki, Michael Piasecki and Jennifer Piasecki.She was preceded in death by her parents, Espera Dugas and the former Angelle Leblanc; and three brothers, Caffery Dugas, Nolan Dugas and Huey J. Dugas.A rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. this evening in the funeral home.The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. today and will continue from 8 a.m. Friday until service time.The family would like to extend special thanks to Hospice of Acadiana and to her caretaker, Shirley Alleman.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Acadiana, 2600 Johnston St., Suite 200, Lafayette, LA 70503, (337) 232-1234.Pallbearers will be Kenneth Dupuis, Keith Dupuis, Scott Dupuis, Scott Ferguson, Jerry Gros and Mark Bertrand.Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., (337) 896-3232 is in charge of arrangements.