Isabelle St. Julien

Funeral Services will be held at a 10:30 am Mass of Christian Burial on Tuesday, April 4, 2011 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church for Isabelle Marie St. Julien, 103, who passed away on April 2, 2011 at Maison de Lafayette at 7:45 am. Reverend Louis Richard, Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, will be Celebrant of the Mass and will conduct the funeral services. Burial will take place in Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery in Broussard, Louisiana. Miss Belle St. Julien was born on June 15, 1907, the oldest daughter of Gaston and Nellie Reaux St. Julien, so she took up the task of caring for her 11 siblings and later her elderly parents on their farm. She has fond memories of life in rural Broussard and loved to tell stories. She remembered the beautiful prayer book that she was given at First Communion by her Mother. Miss Belle tells of when she got the flu around 1918 and how her family took care of her. She remembered when their Reaux cousins had to stay with her family to avoid rising waters from the Great Flood of 1927. Miss Belle talked about the Depression and everyone shared what they had. She also remembered how food was rationed during WW II, but still they had wonderful family dinners with food grown on the farm, and how five of her brothers went to fight in the great war, and all came back alive. In the 1950's one winter was so cold that their coulee froze enough for the farm dog to walk on it and everyone shared a laugh about how their dog had fun sliding across the ice. Through all the good times and the bad, she continued to care for her garden, and especially loved her "Purple Dawn" camellias and the delicate "King Louie" rose plants that her grandmother gave her. When she slowed down a bit in her seventies, she blossomed into sort of a Cajun Grandma Moses. Miss Belle produced original paintings and copied impressionist artist such as Mary Cassatt. Ms. Belle said that she enjoyed her life. She is survived by her niece, Christine Menard and husband, Andrew Menard of Lafayette; her nephew, Maurice "Butch" St. Julien, Jr. of Broussard and one grandniece, Andrea Menard. She was preceded in death by her parents; seven brothers, Gus, Henry, Paul Claude, Paul Edward, Mike, Ben and Mose St. Julien; four sisters, Pauline, Germaine, Modeste and Estelle The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Delhomme Funeral Home of Broussard on Monday from 5:30 pm until 8:00 pm and on Tuesday from 8:00 am until the time of service. A rosary will be recited on Monday evening at 7:00 pm. Personal condolences may be sent to the St. Julien family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 111 North Washington Street, Broussard, LA, is in charge of funeral arrangements.

Isabelle St. Julien

June 15, 1907 - April 2, 2011