NEW IBERIA – A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted for Rosa Delahoussaye Lancon, age 84, at 2:00 pm on Monday, September 14, 2020 at Our Lady of Perpetual help Catholic Church with Fr. Korey LaVergne officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Visitation will be held from 12:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Sunday with a Rosary at 6:00 pm. The funeral home will reopen at 8:00 am on Monday until service time.
A native of Youngsville and resident of New Iberia, Mrs. Lancon passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at home, surrounded by her loving family.
Born on February 19, 1936 to the late Ophe and Henriette Delahoussaye, Rosa was one of three children. She was a kind and loving woman who always put others before herself. Rosa worked as a CNA for Azalea Villa (now Belle Teche) Nursing Home and offered private care for Mr. Compton LaBauve and other New Iberia residents for many years. She enjoyed helping others, dancing, sewing, gardening, and French music. A loving mother, grandmother, great great grandmother, sister, and friend, she will be truly and deeply missed by all those who knew and loved her.
She is survived by her children, Deborah G. Donovan and husband Frank, Andrea L. Sargent, and Jo Ann G. Segura; grandchildren, Megan Van Wagner and husband Scott, Troy Donovan, Brandi Donovan, Skylar Dore and wife Brandy, Joshua Sargent, Cody Hebert and wife Raven, Angie Hebert, George Hebert, IV., Kimberly Hebert, Robert Hebert, Gwen Hebert, and David Lancon.; twenty-two great grandchildren; and brother, Elmo Delahoussaye.
She is preceded in death by her loving husband, Louis J. Lancon; parents, Ophe and Henrietta Creighton Delahoussaye; daughter, Glenda Guillot, son, Dyna Paul Lancon; son-in-law, Danny Segura, Sr.; granddaughter, Kaycee Hebert; grandsons, Jason Eugene Sargent and Paul Allen Lancon; sister, Elgine Norris; and sister-in-law, Ethel Duplantis Delahoussaye.
Pallbearers will be Crichton Van Wagner, Decklin Van Wagner, Scott Van Wagner, Cody Hebert, Hunter Floris, Joshua Sargent, Skylar Dore, Troy Donovan, and Frank Donovan.
The family would like to thank Lourdes Hospice for their kindness, care, and support for Mrs. Lancon.
To view the on-line obituary and sign the guest register, please visit www.evangelinefuneralhome.com.
Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia is in charge of arrangements.
