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LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, March 10, 2000, at a Mass of Christian Burial in St. John the Evangelist for Myrtle Jo Lauve Doucet, 93, of Lafayette, who died at 4:54 p.m. Tuesday, March 7, 2000, at her residence.

The Rev. Keith DeRouen, pastor, will be the celebrant of the Mass and will conduct the services. Melody Thibodeaux, will sing several musical selections, accompanied by Tom Niel, organist.

Interment take place in St. John Cemetery.

Myrtle, daughter of the late Paul Samuel Lauve and the former Juliette Routier, was a native of Jeanerette and had been a resident of Lafayette for most of her life. She was a volunteer at the Neuman Center at USL when Monsignor Sigur was pastor. She was a graduate of Sisters of Divine Providence High School in Alexandria.

Mrs. Doucet was a docent at St. John's Cathedral and was a member of the Bible class and rosary groups of St. John's.

Survivors include her daughters, Mrs. L. Hill (Joyce) Bonin Jr., Evelyn A. Doucet, and Mrs L. Hector (Patricia Lee) Broussard, all of Lafayette, and Mrs. J. Ronald (Joan E.) Chatelain of Baton Rouge; 10 grandchildren, Ann Kiefer, Mac and Paul Bonin, Robert, Ronald, and David Broussard, and Renee, Michael Jude and Charles Chatelain; six great-granddaughters; five great-grandsons; and three sisters, Mrs. Etienne (Lillian) LeBlanc of Port Arthur, Texas, Mrs. C.G. (May) Gauthreaux of Houston and Mrs. Ray (Alice) Pharo of Richmond, Texas.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee Doucet; her parents; one sister, Mrs. Harold (Juliette) Goodwin; and two brothers, Leonard Lauve and Curley Routier Lauve.

Pallbearers will be Michael Chatelain, Jude Chatelain, Charles Chatelain, Robert Broussard, Ronald Broussard and David Broussard.

The family requests that donations in Mrs. Doucet's memory be made to the Lafayette Public Library.

A rosary will be recited at 6 p.m. today in the funeral home by the Rev. DeRouen.

Visiting hours will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Friday until service time.

Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, are funeral directors in charge of arrangements.

(Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on March 9, 2000)

Myrtle married Robert Lee Doucet May 1926, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, USA. Robert (son of Martial Jim Doucet and Clemence LeBlanc) was born 16 Oct 1905, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 8 Dec 1983, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 10 Dec 1983, St. John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Joyce Marie Doucet was born 2 Jan 1929, Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 5 Jan 2024, Lone Tree, Douglas County, Colorado, USA.
2. Evelyn Ann Doucet was born 12 Dec 1930, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 31 Jul 2018, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 4 Aug 2018, St. John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
3. Patricia Lee Doucet was born 3 Mar 1934, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 4 Feb 2017, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried 8 Feb 2017, St. John Cemetery - Lafayette, Louisiana, USA.
4. E.J.E. Doucet