Joyce LEBLANC

Funeral services will be held Friday November 25, 2005 11:00 AM Mass of Christian Burial, at Del La Salle, for Joyce Gilmore Pitre, 80, who died Monday, November 22, 2005 at Kingsley Place in Lafayette, Louisiana. The Reverend Luiz C. Dutra will be the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and will conduct the Funeral Services. Randall James, soloist, will sing "How Great Thou Art", "On Eagles' Wings", "Make Me A Channel Of His Peace", "Ave Maria", "Mary Did You Know", "Danny Boy","Be Not Afraid", "Be Still My Soul" and "It Is Well With My Soul". Joyce was born to Felix and Lola LeBlanc, July 6, 1925, in Lake Charles,Louisiana. She was married to Ronald Malcolm Gilmore for 41 years (1947-1988) until Ronald?s death (January 14, 1988). She is survived by her brother, Herbert and his wife, Doris LeBlanc and their children Herbie and wife Dale and their children; Sheri Basey, her husband Guy and their children; son, Lynn Darlene and their, children; sister Melda Claire and her husband Gerald Sinitiere and their children, Jean and Jimmy Evans and family; Jerry Sinitiere and his children and Julie Wilson and husband, Thomas and their family. She is also survived on the Gilmore side by Wayne and Vera Ruth Gilmore and their daughters Cheryl and Carla Schultz and her family; and Fred Gilmore and his daughters Linda Van Winkle and her family; and daughter Bonnie Gilmore. She has three daughters, Katheryn Joyce (Kathy) Van Bruggen, and her husband, Dutch; Patricia Ann (Pat) Rogers, and her husband, Terry; and Mary Elizabeth (Beth) Henson; She has five grandsons, Christopher Paul Dodd, Adam Patrick Dodd, Michael Alan Liles, Jacob Henson and Joshua Henson; along with nine great grandchildren. She is survived by her husband of six years, Woodrow W. (Pete) Pitre (August 17, 1999); his sister Marie Pitre; his son Lee Pitre and wife; his daughter Jeanne Soileau and her children Richard and his wife and children, Virginia and her Fiancé and Ida and her family. Joyce worked for 12 years as a loan officer at Louisiana Savings and Loan in Lake Charles, Louisiana and later moved to Lafayette where she met and married Pete Pitre. The Pitres' belong to the Del La Salle Chapel and they live at Kingsley Place, where they have happily resided for one and a half years. She was known for her beautiful smile, happy heart, and kind word for everyone she met. She loved to work in her yard, get dressed up and go dancing, and her and Pete's favorite thing to do was to go to the 11:00 AM Mass at "The Little Chapel" and then to dinner at Don?s Downtown. The family requests that visiting hours be observed Friday from 2:00 PM until 5:00 PM and Saturday 1:00 PM until 4:00 PM in the Martin and Castille Funeral Home. Pallbearers are Terry Rogers, Mike Liles, Dutch Van Bruggen, Jake Henson, Josh Henson, and Lynn LeBlanc. Honorary pallbearers are Herbert LeBlanc, Sr., Herbert LeBlanc, Jr., Gerald Sinitiere, Sr. and Gerald Sinitiere, Jr. View the obituary and guestbook online at www.mourning.com Arrangements have been entrusted to Martin & Castille Funeral Home, Inc. Lafayette 337-234-2311