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1928
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2014
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Carroll LaJaunie Obituary
Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at St. John LaLande Catholic Church, 805 N.W. R.D. Mize Road, Blue Springs. Father Ron Elliott will be the celebrant. Interment in Missouri Veterans Cemetery, Higginsville, Mo. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, with a rosary at 7 p.m., at the Meyers Funeral Chapel, 1600 W. Main St., Blue Springs, 816-229-3276.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association or the Lions Club Eye Research Foundation, 404 Portland St., Columbia, MO 65201.
Carroll was born November 27, 1928, in Franklin, La., the son of Arthur and Corinne (Naquin) LaJaunie. He had been in the U.S. Navy and also was retired from the U.S. Air Force on November 27, 1988, after 33 years of service. He was also a retired Postmaster in Lexington, Mo. He was a member of the American Legion, the Lions Club where he had been the past District Governor, all in Lexington, Mo., a 4th Degree Knight of Columbus, and St. John LaLande Catholic Church. On July 1, 1951, he married Elizabeth "Betty" (Henderson) LaJaunie, who survives of the home. Carroll was preceded in death by one son, Timothy LaJaunie, five brothers and two sisters.
In addition to his wife Betty, other survivors include his sons, Brendan and wife Penny LaJaunie of Independence, Mo., and John and wife Carol LaJaunie of Lexington, Mo.; daughters, Vicki and Loy Summers of El Dorado Springs, Mo., Karen LaJaunie and husband John Shaw of Grain Valley, Mo., and Mary LaJaunie of Independence, Mo.; eleven grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
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Dianna Freiley
August 28, 2014
My condolence to the LaJaunie family. May you find comfort in remembering your beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
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Meyers Funeral Chapel - Blue Springs1600 W Main, Blue Springs, MO 64015
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