Madeleine Delaune Landry

Madeleine Delaune Landry, 90, a native of Lockport, resident of Thibodaux and former resident of Metairie, Louisiana, died January 14, 2015. Visitation will be held at Thibodaux Funeral Home from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM for family and 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM for the public on Sunday, January 18, 2015. Visitation continues at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM on Monday, January 19, 2015 until Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM. Interment to follow at Hope Mausoleum in New Orleans. She is survived by her four children, Gary M. Landry and wife Susan Barilleaux Landry of Metairie, La, Dr. Therese Landry DeMouy and husband Dr. Jeffrey DeMouy of Baton Rouge, La., Anne Landry Lagarde and husband Kevin Lagarde of Thibodaux, La, Gregory M. Landry, Sr. and wife Claudia Gutierrez Landry of Kennesaw, GA.; eight grandchildren: Justin, Julie and Ashley Lagarde; Laura, Robert and Thomas DeMouy; and Raquel and Gregory Landry, Jr.; and two great-grandchildren, Emmalyn Claire Molaison and Ezequiel Josue Landry. One of eleven children, Mrs. Landry was born in Lockport, La and is survived by one sibling, Alfred C. Delaune, Sr. of Lockport. She was preceded in death by her former husband Dr. Gordon J. Landry, her parents Josephine Claudet Delaune and Sidney Delaune Sr.; sisters Bernice D. Coates, Josae "Dee" D. Chetta Nunez, Myrtle "Nanie" Delaune, Miriam D. Clement; and brothers Alvin Delaune, Sidney Delaune Jr., Jules Delaune, Ferdinand Delaune and Henry Delaune. Madeleine "Leenie" (as her friends, family, and grandchildren called her) served in World War II in the Women's Army Corps, and worked for the Department of Defense after the war. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Nicholls State University at the age of 50, then began her career with the Louisiana Department of Social Services. She was instrumental in the placing of hundreds of children into the Foster Care and Adoption programs throughout South Louisiana. She will be forever remembered as the loving mother of her own four adopted children. There are no words which describe the joy, love and devotion she has shown us and hundreds of other children. The world was a better place with Leenie in it, and she will be sorely missed. The family would like to thank the staff at St. Joseph Manor for their years of kindness and care, and especially caregivers Evelyn, Tara, and Shirley.