NEW IBERIA – A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted for Mrs. Ulysse J. Derouen, the former Beulah Matherne, age 92, at 10:00 am Thursday, January 3, 2018 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church with Fr. Mark Derise officiating. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm on Wednesday with a Rosary at 6:30 pm. The funeral home will reopen at 8:00 am on Thursday until service time.
A native of Montegut and resident of New Iberia, Mrs. Derouen passed away at 2:50 am on Monday, December 31, 2018 at Consolata Home.
Mrs. Derouen was a member of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, where she was a very involved member. She was a member of the Ladies Altar Society, Court of Blessed Sacrament, served as a Eucharistic Minister and volunteered on a regular basis.
She enjoyed being outdoors, fishing and catching turtles. Most of all she enjoyed being with her family, cooking and preparing meals for them and their friends.
She will be missed dearly by her family and friends.
She is survived by her children, Marcelle Ransonet and husband Anthony; Janelle Rodrigue and husband Gene; Bernard Derouen and wife Nicki; Kathy Cox and husband Michael and Brian Derouen all of New Iberia; nine grandchildren, Gina Reaux; Cherie Templet; Jarrod Ransonet; Robert Derouen; Travis Ransonet; Shannon Lapointe; Ashley Robicheaux; Cherie House and Hannah Derouen; eleven great grandchildren and one sister, Velma Soprano of Broussard.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ulysse J. Derouen; parents, Desire Matherne and Amelia Hebert; one brother, Wallace Hebert and one sister, Eugenie “Jenny” Myers.
Pallbearers will be Bernard Derouen, Brian Derouen, Anthony Ransonet, Gene Rodrigue, Michael Cox and Ulysse Dumensil.
To view the on-line obituary, video tribute, and sign the guest register, please visit www.evangelinefuneralhome.com.
Evangeline Funeral Home of New Iberia is in charge of arrangements.
