Paul O. Villien Sr. D.D.S.

Funeral services will be held at a 10:00 am Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday, November 30, 2006 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Maurice, LA for Paul O. Villien, Sr., D.D.S., 84, who passed away November 27, 2006 at Lafayette General Medical Center in Lafayette. Interment will take place at St. Alphonsus Cemetery in Maurice, LA. The following musical selections will be provided by Jodi Bollich, 'Ave' Maria', 'Je Sues Chretien', 'On Eagles Wings', and 'I Know That My Redeemer Lives'. Dr. Villien, the son of the late Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Angel Villien, Sr. LA was a native of Maurice, LA. He attended high school at Cathedral High School in Lafayette, LA and Jefferson Military Academy in Washington, MS. He attended college at Springhill College in Mobile, AL from 1937 to 1941, and received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery degree from Loyola Dental School in New Orleans in 1944. He entered the Navy after dental school. He served as a Lieutenant, attached to the Marine Corps at Paris Island, NC and was a Dental Officer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC until the end of World War II in 1946. Dr. Villien opened his practice of dentistry in Abbeville, LA in 1947 where he practiced until his retirement in 1992. He was a charter member of the Third District Dental Society of Louisiana and the Abbeville Kiwanis Club. Dr. Villien is survived by his wife of sixty-two years, Lucille 'Tookoo' Lewis, formerly of Lafayette, LA; one daughter, Yvette V. Bethea, of Baton Rouge, LA; five sons, Dr. Paul O. Villien, Jr. and Partner, Brock, of New Orleans, LA, Douglas L. Villien, Sr. and wife, Karen of Baton Rouge, LA, Dr. Richard Villien and wife, Karen of Lafayette, LA, Thomas J. Villien, Sr. and wife, Katri of Charlottesville, VA and Dr. Marc J. Villien of Maurice, LA; and fifteen grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Suzanne V. Cassedy, of Augusta, GA. Visiting hours will be observed on Wednesday from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm and will continue on Thursday from 8:00 am until the time of service. A rosary will be recited Wednesday at 6:00 pm in the Delhomme Maurice Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Kevin Cassedy, Douglas L. Villien, Jr., Jonathan R. Villien, Matthew P. Villien, Jacques M. Villien, and Thomas J. Villien, Jr.. Honorary pallbearers are James Michael Villien, Adam Cohen, Dr. Jason Brown, John Paul Mire, Dave Mason and Kevin Richards. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations by sent to any of the following organizations; American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231-4596, www.americanheart.org.;Leukemia-Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, P.O. Box 4672, Pittsfield, MA 01202; Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 95, Indianapolis, IN 46206-6069, www.komenindy.org. Personal condolences may be sent to the Villien family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com. Delhomme Funeral Home, 200 Chief H. Fred Avenue, Maurice is in charge of funeral arrangements.