Ms. Marie Sibille, age 91, was a native of Sunset and a resident of Cankton for many years. She was born on August 7, 1916, and died at 4:25 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.
She graduated from Sunset High School and received her teacher's certificate from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. She later attended LSU and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She taught for 34 years in the public school system in St. Landry parish, all of the years being at Cankton Elementary. She was a member of St. John Berchman Catholic Church in Cankton.
She was a very generous person and a surrogate mother to all of her nieces and nephew. She was very devoted to her many students she taught over the years.
Survivors include her nieces: Carole Landry DeLisle and husband, Gib of Lafayette; Susan Sibille Prejean of Bristol; Lucinda Sibille of Fort Lauderdale, FL; Juliette Sibille Kuylen and husband, Doug of Kenner; Josephine Sibille Kuntz of Marble Falls, TX; and one nephew, Lowell A. Sibille, Jr. and wife, Dolores of Opelousas. She is also survived by her special godchild, Dana McPhearson of Mandeville and many great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Sibille and Louise Guilbeau Sibille; her brothers: Dr. Howard and Lowell "Sa-Sa" Sibille, Sr., and her sisters, Lucille "Sue" Sibille Landry, and Theresa Louise Sibille.
She graduated from Sunset High School and received her teacher's certificate from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. She later attended LSU and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She taught for 34 years in the public school system in St. Landry parish, all of the years being at Cankton Elementary. She was a member of St. John Berchman Catholic Church in Cankton.
She was a very generous person and a surrogate mother to all of her nieces and nephew. She was very devoted to her many students she taught over the years.
Survivors include her nieces: Carole Landry DeLisle and husband, Gib of Lafayette; Susan Sibille Prejean of Bristol; Lucinda Sibille of Fort Lauderdale, FL; Juliette Sibille Kuylen and husband, Doug of Kenner; Josephine Sibille Kuntz of Marble Falls, TX; and one nephew, Lowell A. Sibille, Jr. and wife, Dolores of Opelousas. She is also survived by her special godchild, Dana McPhearson of Mandeville and many great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Sibille and Louise Guilbeau Sibille; her brothers: Dr. Howard and Lowell "Sa-Sa" Sibille, Sr., and her sisters, Lucille "Sue" Sibille Landry, and Theresa Louise Sibille.
Ms. Marie Sibille, age 91, was a native of Sunset and a resident of Cankton for many years. She was born on August 7, 1916, and died at 4:25 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center following a brief illness.
She graduated from Sunset High School and received her teacher's certificate from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. She later attended LSU and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She taught for 34 years in the public school system in St. Landry parish, all of the years being at Cankton Elementary. She was a member of St. John Berchman Catholic Church in Cankton.
She was a very generous person and a surrogate mother to all of her nieces and nephew. She was very devoted to her many students she taught over the years.
Survivors include her nieces: Carole Landry DeLisle and husband, Gib of Lafayette; Susan Sibille Prejean of Bristol; Lucinda Sibille of Fort Lauderdale, FL; Juliette Sibille Kuylen and husband, Doug of Kenner; Josephine Sibille Kuntz of Marble Falls, TX; and one nephew, Lowell A. Sibille, Jr. and wife, Dolores of Opelousas. She is also survived by her special godchild, Dana McPhearson of Mandeville and many great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Sibille and Louise Guilbeau Sibille; her brothers: Dr. Howard and Lowell "Sa-Sa" Sibille, Sr., and her sisters, Lucille "Sue" Sibille Landry, and Theresa Louise Sibille.
She graduated from Sunset High School and received her teacher's certificate from the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau. She later attended LSU and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in education. She taught for 34 years in the public school system in St. Landry parish, all of the years being at Cankton Elementary. She was a member of St. John Berchman Catholic Church in Cankton.
She was a very generous person and a surrogate mother to all of her nieces and nephew. She was very devoted to her many students she taught over the years.
Survivors include her nieces: Carole Landry DeLisle and husband, Gib of Lafayette; Susan Sibille Prejean of Bristol; Lucinda Sibille of Fort Lauderdale, FL; Juliette Sibille Kuylen and husband, Doug of Kenner; Josephine Sibille Kuntz of Marble Falls, TX; and one nephew, Lowell A. Sibille, Jr. and wife, Dolores of Opelousas. She is also survived by her special godchild, Dana McPhearson of Mandeville and many great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph Sibille and Louise Guilbeau Sibille; her brothers: Dr. Howard and Lowell "Sa-Sa" Sibille, Sr., and her sisters, Lucille "Sue" Sibille Landry, and Theresa Louise Sibille.
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