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Daniel Benoit Obituary

Daniel Lee Benoit, Sr.

LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held Friday, August 22, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church for Daniel Lee Benoit, Sr. 52, who died August 17, 2014.

Services will be conducted by Fr. Thomas James, SVD.

Interment will be in Calvary Cemetery.

He was a retired employee of SLEMCO Utilities and was employed with Crown Oil Field and Construction at the time of his death.

He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Sandra Joseph Benoit of Breaux Bridge, LA; one daughter, Chassidy (Chester) Griffin of Lafayette, LA; one son, Daniel Lee Benoit, Jr. of Breaux Bridge, LA; one granddaughter, Ciara Griffin; his mother, Cecilia Journet Benoit of Lafayette, LA; one sister, Barbara Benoit St. Julien of Lafayette, LA; one brother, Lee Marshall Benoit of Lafayette, LA; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Floyd Joseph and Vivian Broussard Joseph of Lafayette, LA; sister-in-law, Cynthia Joseph of Lafayette, LA and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives who loved him dearly.

He was preceded in death by his father, Marshall Joseph Benoit; maternal grandparents, Daniel and Justine Living Journet; paternal grandparents, Andrew and Augustine Breaux Benoit; two brothers-in-law, Stanley "Noonie" St. Julien and Robert "Yo-Yo" Green.

Visitation will be held Friday, August 22, 2014 at Syrie Funeral Home from 7:00 a.m. until time of service. A rosary will be recited at 9:00 a.m.

Sign the guestbook online at www.syriefh.com

Arrangements have been entrusted to Syrie Funeral Home, Inc. of Lafayette, LA.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Advertiser on Aug. 21, 2014.

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