Maj. Victor Andre Le Blanc, Sr., (US Army Ret.) passed away peacefully on Monday, May 12, 2014, at 9:45 am at Maison de Lafayette Nursing Home in Lafayette, Louisiana, surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was 88 years old.
Victor Andre was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the 7th great grandson of Daniel Le Blanc, one of the first Acadian settlers of North America. He was the great grandson of, Ursin Le Blanc, a sergeant wounded at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. Maj. Le Blanc's father was Victor Alfred Le Blanc, a U.S. military veteran who served with Gen. "Blackjack" Pershing during the Mexican Insurrection, joined the early submarine service in 1919 during World War I, and served with the Merchant Marine during World War II. His mother was Frosalie Albina Watkins, the great great granddaughter of William Sternin Watkins, a Louisiana veteran of the War of 1812 and the first senior justice of the peace of the newly founded parish of Terrebonne. Her great grandfather, Caleb Watkins, was the first sheriff of that parish.
Maj. Le Blanc was raised in uptown New Orleans where he attended grammar school at St. Stephen's on Napoleon Ave. Early on, the Major had planned to join the Roman Catholic priesthood, first attending the Vincentian Minor Seminary operated by the Congregation of the Mission in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and then St. Mary's of the Barrens College, in Perryville, Missouri.
Eventually deciding not to take his final vows, Maj. Le Blanc returned to New Orleans in 1949. In that year, at a party held on the rooftop of the old Jung Hotel, he asked a beautiful young girl to dance. He remembered that she was wearing a striking chartreuse dress that set off her tan. Her name was Alice Marie Marx, and they spent the next 54 years dancing together. Drafted in 1951, Major Le Blanc proposed to Alice over the phone and the couple married in New Orleans while he was on leave from basic training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
Major Le Blanc served in the Korean Conflict, the Dominican Republic and in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and served in the Special Forces. His Special Forces Groups included the 77th, 3rd, 7th and then the 5th in Vietnam. He was also an active duty advisor to the 20th SF Group in Louisiana until he retired in 1971. After his retirement from the military, Maj. Le Blanc served as an intelligence officer with the Louisiana State Police and later worked at the Manpower Employment Agency in New Orleans.
During those years, with military efficiency, Alice and Andre had 8 children, two at every base they were stationed at: New Orleans, Louisiana, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Augusta, Georgia, and Frankfort, Germany. In 1967, Maj. Le Blanc obtained a B.A. at Campbell College, North Carolina, at the age of 42 when he was already the father of 7 children.
Alice Le Blanc passed away in 2003 and in 2005, hurricane Katrina forced Maj. Le Blanc out of his home in New Orleans. He moved to Lafayette where he lived until the present time. He was a proud member of the Acadiana Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association in Lafayette and the Special Forces Association Chapter 81 in Breaux Bridge. He was a parishioner of St. Edmond Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Maj. Le Blanc was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Marie Marx Le Blanc, his son, Victor Andre Le Blanc, Jr. and his sister, Jeanine Marie Antoinette Le Blanc Miller. He is survived by a brother, Jamil Pierre Le Blanc, a brother-in-law, Clarence Miller, 7 children: Andre Victor, Christian Jules, Michelle Marie, Denis Charles, Marc Joseph, and Jean-Paul Le Blanc and Anne-Marie Le Blanc Dupuis, and 9 grandchildren: Nicholas, Jacob, Stephen, Marc, Jacques, and Zachary Le Blanc and Colin, Ethan, and Madison Dupuis.
Funeral services will be held in Lafayette, Louisiana, at St. Edmond Church, 4131 West Congress Street, at 11 am Saturday, May 24, 2014. A visitation will be held at Martin & Castille Funeral Home, 330 St. Landry Street, Lafayette, LA on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 5 pm to 9 pm with a rosary at 7 pm and will continue on Saturday from 8:00 AM until time of services. Interment will be at a later date at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.
Victor Andre was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the 7th great grandson of Daniel Le Blanc, one of the first Acadian settlers of North America. He was the great grandson of, Ursin Le Blanc, a sergeant wounded at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. Maj. Le Blanc's father was Victor Alfred Le Blanc, a U.S. military veteran who served with Gen. "Blackjack" Pershing during the Mexican Insurrection, joined the early submarine service in 1919 during World War I, and served with the Merchant Marine during World War II. His mother was Frosalie Albina Watkins, the great great granddaughter of William Sternin Watkins, a Louisiana veteran of the War of 1812 and the first senior justice of the peace of the newly founded parish of Terrebonne. Her great grandfather, Caleb Watkins, was the first sheriff of that parish.
Maj. Le Blanc was raised in uptown New Orleans where he attended grammar school at St. Stephen's on Napoleon Ave. Early on, the Major had planned to join the Roman Catholic priesthood, first attending the Vincentian Minor Seminary operated by the Congregation of the Mission in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and then St. Mary's of the Barrens College, in Perryville, Missouri.
Eventually deciding not to take his final vows, Maj. Le Blanc returned to New Orleans in 1949. In that year, at a party held on the rooftop of the old Jung Hotel, he asked a beautiful young girl to dance. He remembered that she was wearing a striking chartreuse dress that set off her tan. Her name was Alice Marie Marx, and they spent the next 54 years dancing together. Drafted in 1951, Major Le Blanc proposed to Alice over the phone and the couple married in New Orleans while he was on leave from basic training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
Major Le Blanc served in the Korean Conflict, the Dominican Republic and in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and served in the Special Forces. His Special Forces Groups included the 77th, 3rd, 7th and then the 5th in Vietnam. He was also an active duty advisor to the 20th SF Group in Louisiana until he retired in 1971. After his retirement from the military, Maj. Le Blanc served as an intelligence officer with the Louisiana State Police and later worked at the Manpower Employment Agency in New Orleans.
During those years, with military efficiency, Alice and Andre had 8 children, two at every base they were stationed at: New Orleans, Louisiana, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Augusta, Georgia, and Frankfort, Germany. In 1967, Maj. Le Blanc obtained a B.A. at Campbell College, North Carolina, at the age of 42 when he was already the father of 7 children.
Alice Le Blanc passed away in 2003 and in 2005, hurricane Katrina forced Maj. Le Blanc out of his home in New Orleans. He moved to Lafayette where he lived until the present time. He was a proud member of the Acadiana Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association in Lafayette and the Special Forces Association Chapter 81 in Breaux Bridge. He was a parishioner of St. Edmond Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Maj. Le Blanc was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Marie Marx Le Blanc, his son, Victor Andre Le Blanc, Jr. and his sister, Jeanine Marie Antoinette Le Blanc Miller. He is survived by a brother, Jamil Pierre Le Blanc, a brother-in-law, Clarence Miller, 7 children: Andre Victor, Christian Jules, Michelle Marie, Denis Charles, Marc Joseph, and Jean-Paul Le Blanc and Anne-Marie Le Blanc Dupuis, and 9 grandchildren: Nicholas, Jacob, Stephen, Marc, Jacques, and Zachary Le Blanc and Colin, Ethan, and Madison Dupuis.
Funeral services will be held in Lafayette, Louisiana, at St. Edmond Church, 4131 West Congress Street, at 11 am Saturday, May 24, 2014. A visitation will be held at Martin & Castille Funeral Home, 330 St. Landry Street, Lafayette, LA on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 5 pm to 9 pm with a rosary at 7 pm and will continue on Saturday from 8:00 AM until time of services. Interment will be at a later date at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.
Maj. Victor Andre Le Blanc, Sr., (US Army Ret.) passed away peacefully on Monday, May 12, 2014, at 9:45 am at Maison de Lafayette Nursing Home in Lafayette, Louisiana, surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was 88 years old.
Victor Andre was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the 7th great grandson of Daniel Le Blanc, one of the first Acadian settlers of North America. He was the great grandson of, Ursin Le Blanc, a sergeant wounded at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. Maj. Le Blanc's father was Victor Alfred Le Blanc, a U.S. military veteran who served with Gen. "Blackjack" Pershing during the Mexican Insurrection, joined the early submarine service in 1919 during World War I, and served with the Merchant Marine during World War II. His mother was Frosalie Albina Watkins, the great great granddaughter of William Sternin Watkins, a Louisiana veteran of the War of 1812 and the first senior justice of the peace of the newly founded parish of Terrebonne. Her great grandfather, Caleb Watkins, was the first sheriff of that parish.
Maj. Le Blanc was raised in uptown New Orleans where he attended grammar school at St. Stephen's on Napoleon Ave. Early on, the Major had planned to join the Roman Catholic priesthood, first attending the Vincentian Minor Seminary operated by the Congregation of the Mission in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and then St. Mary's of the Barrens College, in Perryville, Missouri.
Eventually deciding not to take his final vows, Maj. Le Blanc returned to New Orleans in 1949. In that year, at a party held on the rooftop of the old Jung Hotel, he asked a beautiful young girl to dance. He remembered that she was wearing a striking chartreuse dress that set off her tan. Her name was Alice Marie Marx, and they spent the next 54 years dancing together. Drafted in 1951, Major Le Blanc proposed to Alice over the phone and the couple married in New Orleans while he was on leave from basic training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
Major Le Blanc served in the Korean Conflict, the Dominican Republic and in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and served in the Special Forces. His Special Forces Groups included the 77th, 3rd, 7th and then the 5th in Vietnam. He was also an active duty advisor to the 20th SF Group in Louisiana until he retired in 1971. After his retirement from the military, Maj. Le Blanc served as an intelligence officer with the Louisiana State Police and later worked at the Manpower Employment Agency in New Orleans.
During those years, with military efficiency, Alice and Andre had 8 children, two at every base they were stationed at: New Orleans, Louisiana, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Augusta, Georgia, and Frankfort, Germany. In 1967, Maj. Le Blanc obtained a B.A. at Campbell College, North Carolina, at the age of 42 when he was already the father of 7 children.
Alice Le Blanc passed away in 2003 and in 2005, hurricane Katrina forced Maj. Le Blanc out of his home in New Orleans. He moved to Lafayette where he lived until the present time. He was a proud member of the Acadiana Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association in Lafayette and the Special Forces Association Chapter 81 in Breaux Bridge. He was a parishioner of St. Edmond Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Maj. Le Blanc was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Marie Marx Le Blanc, his son, Victor Andre Le Blanc, Jr. and his sister, Jeanine Marie Antoinette Le Blanc Miller. He is survived by a brother, Jamil Pierre Le Blanc, a brother-in-law, Clarence Miller, 7 children: Andre Victor, Christian Jules, Michelle Marie, Denis Charles, Marc Joseph, and Jean-Paul Le Blanc and Anne-Marie Le Blanc Dupuis, and 9 grandchildren: Nicholas, Jacob, Stephen, Marc, Jacques, and Zachary Le Blanc and Colin, Ethan, and Madison Dupuis.
Funeral services will be held in Lafayette, Louisiana, at St. Edmond Church, 4131 West Congress Street, at 11 am Saturday, May 24, 2014. A visitation will be held at Martin & Castille Funeral Home, 330 St. Landry Street, Lafayette, LA on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 5 pm to 9 pm with a rosary at 7 pm and will continue on Saturday from 8:00 AM until time of services. Interment will be at a later date at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.
Victor Andre was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the 7th great grandson of Daniel Le Blanc, one of the first Acadian settlers of North America. He was the great grandson of, Ursin Le Blanc, a sergeant wounded at the Battle of Shiloh during the Civil War. Maj. Le Blanc's father was Victor Alfred Le Blanc, a U.S. military veteran who served with Gen. "Blackjack" Pershing during the Mexican Insurrection, joined the early submarine service in 1919 during World War I, and served with the Merchant Marine during World War II. His mother was Frosalie Albina Watkins, the great great granddaughter of William Sternin Watkins, a Louisiana veteran of the War of 1812 and the first senior justice of the peace of the newly founded parish of Terrebonne. Her great grandfather, Caleb Watkins, was the first sheriff of that parish.
Maj. Le Blanc was raised in uptown New Orleans where he attended grammar school at St. Stephen's on Napoleon Ave. Early on, the Major had planned to join the Roman Catholic priesthood, first attending the Vincentian Minor Seminary operated by the Congregation of the Mission in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and then St. Mary's of the Barrens College, in Perryville, Missouri.
Eventually deciding not to take his final vows, Maj. Le Blanc returned to New Orleans in 1949. In that year, at a party held on the rooftop of the old Jung Hotel, he asked a beautiful young girl to dance. He remembered that she was wearing a striking chartreuse dress that set off her tan. Her name was Alice Marie Marx, and they spent the next 54 years dancing together. Drafted in 1951, Major Le Blanc proposed to Alice over the phone and the couple married in New Orleans while he was on leave from basic training at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.
Major Le Blanc served in the Korean Conflict, the Dominican Republic and in the Vietnam War. He was a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and served in the Special Forces. His Special Forces Groups included the 77th, 3rd, 7th and then the 5th in Vietnam. He was also an active duty advisor to the 20th SF Group in Louisiana until he retired in 1971. After his retirement from the military, Maj. Le Blanc served as an intelligence officer with the Louisiana State Police and later worked at the Manpower Employment Agency in New Orleans.
During those years, with military efficiency, Alice and Andre had 8 children, two at every base they were stationed at: New Orleans, Louisiana, Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Augusta, Georgia, and Frankfort, Germany. In 1967, Maj. Le Blanc obtained a B.A. at Campbell College, North Carolina, at the age of 42 when he was already the father of 7 children.
Alice Le Blanc passed away in 2003 and in 2005, hurricane Katrina forced Maj. Le Blanc out of his home in New Orleans. He moved to Lafayette where he lived until the present time. He was a proud member of the Acadiana Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association in Lafayette and the Special Forces Association Chapter 81 in Breaux Bridge. He was a parishioner of St. Edmond Church and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Maj. Le Blanc was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Marie Marx Le Blanc, his son, Victor Andre Le Blanc, Jr. and his sister, Jeanine Marie Antoinette Le Blanc Miller. He is survived by a brother, Jamil Pierre Le Blanc, a brother-in-law, Clarence Miller, 7 children: Andre Victor, Christian Jules, Michelle Marie, Denis Charles, Marc Joseph, and Jean-Paul Le Blanc and Anne-Marie Le Blanc Dupuis, and 9 grandchildren: Nicholas, Jacob, Stephen, Marc, Jacques, and Zachary Le Blanc and Colin, Ethan, and Madison Dupuis.
Funeral services will be held in Lafayette, Louisiana, at St. Edmond Church, 4131 West Congress Street, at 11 am Saturday, May 24, 2014. A visitation will be held at Martin & Castille Funeral Home, 330 St. Landry Street, Lafayette, LA on Friday, May 23, 2014 from 5 pm to 9 pm with a rosary at 7 pm and will continue on Saturday from 8:00 AM until time of services. Interment will be at a later date at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans.
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