Weellen Lemoine

A Liturgy of the Word will be held at 1:00 PM on Friday, September 8, 2023 in Delhomme Funeral Home’s Chapel of the Flowers in Lafayette, LA for Weellen Lemoine, 90, who passed away on Monday, September 4, 2023, at her residence in Lafayette. Fr. Robert Courville will be officiating the funeral services. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Delhomme Funeral Home - Lafayette on Thursday, September 7, 2023 from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM. A Rosary will be prayed at 7:00 PM on Thursday evening in the funeral home. Visitation will continue on Friday, September 8, 2023 from 8:00 AM until the time of service. Interment will follow at a later date in Fountain Memorial Cemetery in Lafayette. Weellen Fontenot was born in 1932 in “Tee Mamou”, between Ville Platte and Mamou in Evangeline Parish. Her parents owned a farm, and her mother did fine sewing. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School and went to secretarial school in Lafayette. Weellen married Harold Lemoine in 1953 and had seven children over the next 18 years. She stayed home with the children until 1965, when she started work as a secretary with the St Landry Parish Extension Service. The family moved from Opelousas to Lafayette in 1969, when Weellen started work at the Lafayette City Government. She later worked with her husband in starting and running Acadiana Electrical Service. After Acadiana Electric closed, Weellen returned to work for Lafayette City Government, first at the Police Department and then at the “Green House,” the senior center. When the City opened the “Rose House” senior center on the south side of town, Weellen became the Center Coordinator, a source of great pride. She worked there until she retired in 2002. Harold died in September 2000. Weellen later began to date Ivory “Pete” Domingue and shared a special friendship until his death in 2014. Weellen Lemoine started dating Willis Guilbeau in 2017. They married in 2019 and enjoyed family events, relaxing on the patio, and drives in the country. Weellen’s passion was ornamental gardening. She always had a beautiful garden, and even had a small post-retirement business gardening for others. Weellen became a Master Gardener. Had she been born later, she would have become a landscape architect. Weellen traveled extensively during retirement, including trips to Italy, Paris, Hawaii and Alaska, as well as visiting her far-flung children and grandchildren. She enjoyed game and movie nights with her many long-term and newer friends. Weellen remained active until late in life and was a familiar sight on long walks in the neighborhood with her beloved dog, Clotilde. She was a lifelong Catholic and an active parishioner of St Jules Parish. Weellen is survived by her husband, Willis Guilbeau; four sons, Gerald and his wife, Megan, of Huntington Beach, California, Bobby and his wife, Sharon, of Lafayette, LA, Donald and his wife, Martha, of The Woodlands, Texas and Chris Lemoine and his wife, Deeann Hui, of Mountain View, California; her three daughters, Mindy Lemoine and her husband, Jim Klein, of Glenside, Pennsylvania, Laura and her husband, Carl Menard, of Lafayette, LA and Lynda Hargroder, of Salt Lake City, Utah; her fifteen cherished grandchildren, Seth, Leah, Blake, Stacey, Stephanie, Jessica, Aundrea, Adam, James Mark, Tobin, Sara, Erin, Andrew, Leigh Anne, and Abby and thirteen great-grandchildren, Aoife, Ansel, Elise, Adele, Eugenie, John-Blake, Joseph, Nicole, Peyton, Liam, Anne-Marie, Madeline, and Claire. Special thanks to Shena Sharpe and Tana Bonin for their devoted care of Weellen. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to: Catholic Charities of Acadiana Personal condolences may be sent to the Lemoine family at: www.delhommefuneralhome.com Weellen Lemoine and her family were cared for by and entrusted final arrangements to Delhomme Funeral Home, 1011 Bertrand Drive, Lafayette, LA. Copyright Delhomme Funeral Homes, Inc. August 2023

Weellen Lemoine

October 7, 1932 - September 4, 2023