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Leland Bourque

Arnaudville – Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at a 2 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Francis Regis Catholic Church for Leland Bourque, 88, who passed away Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at Senior Village Nursing Home in Opelousas.
Interment was in St. Francis Regis Cemetery in Arnaudville. The Rev. Travis Abbadie, pastor of St. Francis Regis Catholic Church, officiated at the services.
Mr. Bourque was a native and lifelong resident of Arnaudville. He was a parishioner of St. Francis Regis Catholic Church in Arnaudville where he was a member of the Men’s Altar Society.
Survivors include his wife of 68 of years, Joyce Bourque; three sons, Vernon Bourque of Arnaudville, Wayne Bourque and his wife Sheryl of Leonville, and Phillip Bourque of Arnaudville; one daughter, Cheryl Broussard and her husband Sidney of Maurice; one brother, Leroy Bourque of Arnaudville; two sisters, Ella Mae Fontenot and Muriel Wyble, both of Lafayette; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Antoine Bourque and the former Regina Quibodeaux; two brothers, Walter Bourque and Clement Bourque; and two sisters, Agnes Marks and Bertha Meche.
A rosary wase prayed at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the funeral home.
Visiting hours were observed from 9 a.m. Tuesday until service time on Tuesday.
Pallbearers were Vernon Bourque, Wayne Bourque, Phillip Bourque, Shawn Broussard, Nicholas Broussard and Shannon Bourque.
View the obituary and guestbook online at www.melanconfuneralhome.net.
Melancon Funeral Home of Arnaudville was in charge of arrangements.

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