Marilyn Anne Tassin Lebeuf

Marilyn Anne Tassin Lebeuf peacefully passed away on Friday, June 19, 2020, the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, after an almost twenty-year decline due to dementia. Born in Edgard, Louisiana on December 19, 1931 to Charles Joseph Tassin, Sr. and Lea Annette Millet Tassin, she was predeceased by her fourteen siblings: Florence Marie Tassin Blanchard; Marcel Joseph; Lucille Marguerite Tassin Smith, Charles Joseph, Jr.; Rene’ Francois; Edna Mathilde Tassin Rodrigue; Inez Rosalie Tassin Webre; Robert Louis; Jeanne Lucie Tassin Adkins; Yvonne Rita; Louise Marie Tassin Mele; Mathilde Therese Tassin McGinty; Marie; and Gaston Jean Baptiste, later called Anthony. Marilyn was also predeceased by her devoted husband of 56 years, George Louis Lebeuf, and two of their sons and a daughter-in-law: Andre’ Marcel Lebeuf and his wife, Kathi Manchester Lebeuf; and Charles Edward Lebeuf. She is survived by her son, Paul Nelvil Lebeuf and his wife, Jean Toups Lebeuf, and by her daughter, Marie Adele (Mimi) Lebeuf; her grandchildren, Christopher Andrew Lebeuf, Erin Lebeuf Baer and her husband, Andrew, David Paul Lebeuf, and Caroline Margaret Lebeuf; her great-grandchildren, Vivian Manchester Baer and Christian Price Baer; her sister-in law, Mary Lynn Ansley Tassin; and her nieces and nephews.

After growing up along the River Road in Edgard, Marilyn boarded at The Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans for high school, and she graduated from Loyola University, New Orleans with a degree in Music Education. The youngest child in a very large family, she was a devoted daughter, sister, and aunt who shared her love of children and family with her husband and four children. She was a talented musician who taught piano and played the organ professionally at St. John the Baptist Church in Edgard, St. Theresa the Little Flower Church, The Most Holy Name of Jesus Church, and The Chateau de Notre Dame, all in New Orleans. A devout Catholic, Marilyn was very active in The Theresians and The Children of Mary Sodality. She was also a member of the Spirit of ’76 Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Marilyn will be remembered for her kind, gentle nature and for her joie de vivre.

The family would like to thank Lisa Sanders and Ava Zelaya for the loving care that they gave Marilyn while she was at home, and they would like to thank the devoted administrators, nurses, staff, and aides of Covenant Nursing Home for their care and kindness in her final years.

A private mass and burial were held on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home and Metairie Cemetery.