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Melanie Fabregas Senat

1931 - 2022

BORN

1931

DIED

2022

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Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries

5100 Pontchartrain Blvd.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Melanie Senat Obituary

Melanie Fabregas Senat passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at the age of 91. She was born on June 19, 1931 in New Orleans, Louisiana to the late Charles J. Fabregas, Jr. and Geraldine Chaussard Fabregas, and was a resident of Metairie for 59 years. Melanie was the loving wife of the late William E. Senat; beloved mother of Melanie Senat Gaumond (David); devoted grandmother to Katherine LeJeune (Matthew) and Gregory Gaumond (Mallory) and great-grandmother to Elizabeth LeJeune; and sister of Joel F. Stevens and the late Beverly F. Cangelosi. She is also survived by nieces, nephews, and great nieces and a great nephew. Melanie was a graduate of St. Mary's Dominican High School and a longtime employee of St. Mary's Dominican College. She was a founding parishioner of St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Metairie. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the recitation of the rosary at 12:30PM followed by the Funeral Mass at St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church, 4921 W. Metairie Ave. in Metairie, on Thursday, August 11, 2022. The interment will follow at Lake Lawn Park. To view and sign the online guest book, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com.

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Published by The Times-Picayune from Aug. 8 to Aug. 11, 2022.

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MYRA AND FAMILY

August 11, 2022

WE ARE SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, YOU ALL WILL BE IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.

Kenny Spellman

August 11, 2022

On behalf of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart Alumni Association and Brother Martin High School, I offer our prayers and condolences. We will say a Mass in her memory.

Father of all, we pray to you for Melanie, all those we love but see no longer. Grant to them eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon them. May her soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Kenny Spellman ´84
Brother Martin High School

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St. Edward the Confessor Catholic Church

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