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Levanis Joseph Benoit

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Levanis Joseph Benoit

Birth
Carencro, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
5 Nov 2019 (aged 83)
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Carencro, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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CARENCRO - Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Levanis Joseph Benoit, age 83, who passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at his residence in Lafayette.

Interment will be in Evangeline Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Dustin Dought, pastor of St. Leo The Great Catholic Church, will officiate at the services.

Mr. Benoit was a native of Carencro. Having been a resident of Lafayette for most of his life, he was a parishioner of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church and retired in 1992 from Huval Bakery after thirty years of employment. A veteran of the military, Mr. Benoit proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the V.F.W. Post #9822 in Lafayette.

Survivors include his devoted wife of sixty-two years, Theresa Ann Alleman Benoit of Lafayette; two sons, Carl Joseph Benoit and his wife, Darleen, of Lafayette and Darren Paul Benoit and his wife, Paulette, of Cankton; one daughter, Charlotte Marie Guidry and her husband, Keith, of Henderson; eight grandchildren, Kimberly Foreman and her husband, Damian, Blair Toups and her husband, Dustin, Carolyn Benoit, Hunter Benoit, Jacob Guidry, Joshua Guidry, Olivia Guidry and Emily Guidry; and one great grandson, Parker Toups.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Appolinaire Benoit and the former Anita Mallet; one brother, Paul Benoit; two half-brothers, Mayo Benoit and Lesius Benoit; two sisters, Ozea S. Guidry and Joyce Credeur and her husband, Lessin; and one half-sister, Ernestine Hernandez.

A rosary will be prayed at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 8:00 a.m. Wednesday until service time on Wednesday.

Pallbearers will be Darren Benoit, Carl Benoit, Hunter Benoit, Keith Guidry, Joshua Guidry and Jacob Guidry. Honorary pallbearers will be P.J. Benoit, Terry and Jerry Benoit, Sgt. Phillip Richard and Kyle Richard.

Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., Carencro, (337) 896-3232, is in charge of arrangements.
CARENCRO - Funeral services will be held Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel in Carencro for Levanis Joseph Benoit, age 83, who passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at his residence in Lafayette.

Interment will be in Evangeline Memorial Gardens. The Rev. Dustin Dought, pastor of St. Leo The Great Catholic Church, will officiate at the services.

Mr. Benoit was a native of Carencro. Having been a resident of Lafayette for most of his life, he was a parishioner of St. Leo the Great Catholic Church and retired in 1992 from Huval Bakery after thirty years of employment. A veteran of the military, Mr. Benoit proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He was a member of the V.F.W. Post #9822 in Lafayette.

Survivors include his devoted wife of sixty-two years, Theresa Ann Alleman Benoit of Lafayette; two sons, Carl Joseph Benoit and his wife, Darleen, of Lafayette and Darren Paul Benoit and his wife, Paulette, of Cankton; one daughter, Charlotte Marie Guidry and her husband, Keith, of Henderson; eight grandchildren, Kimberly Foreman and her husband, Damian, Blair Toups and her husband, Dustin, Carolyn Benoit, Hunter Benoit, Jacob Guidry, Joshua Guidry, Olivia Guidry and Emily Guidry; and one great grandson, Parker Toups.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Appolinaire Benoit and the former Anita Mallet; one brother, Paul Benoit; two half-brothers, Mayo Benoit and Lesius Benoit; two sisters, Ozea S. Guidry and Joyce Credeur and her husband, Lessin; and one half-sister, Ernestine Hernandez.

A rosary will be prayed at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home.

The family requests that visiting hours be observed from 8:00 a.m. Wednesday until service time on Wednesday.

Pallbearers will be Darren Benoit, Carl Benoit, Hunter Benoit, Keith Guidry, Joshua Guidry and Jacob Guidry. Honorary pallbearers will be P.J. Benoit, Terry and Jerry Benoit, Sgt. Phillip Richard and Kyle Richard.

Melancon Funeral Home, Evangeline Memorial Gardens Chapel, 4117 N. University Ave., Carencro, (337) 896-3232, is in charge of arrangements.


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