Celina Marie LaCoste, a longtime resident of Patterson, was called to her heavenly home on Sunday, October 1, 2023 at the young age of 95.A dedicated and hardworking mother, Celina’s life revolved around her eight children. She lovingly raised them, took care of them, and worried over their safety. Even as adults, she was always concerned that they were home and safe. Her children recall her being an excellent cook, her meals having kept them nourished and healthy. She was also a devote Catholic, saying the rosary every day sometimes twice. Celina’s favorite hobby was spending time in the casinos and though she absolutely loved flying in airplanes, her children take solace in the fact that she is finally soaring once more.
Celina leaves to cherish her beautiful memory her eight loving children, Alice Davis and her husband, Butch, Sandra Thompson, Grayland LaCoste and his wife, Kathleen, Elizabeth LaCoste, Geralyn Stephens, Peter LaCoste and his wife, Linda, Lisa LaCoste, and Elaine Trahan and her husband Eric; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter LaCoste; her parents, George and Eauphimie Rose Babin; three sons-in-law, Robert Thompson, Ned Stephens, and Leon Lipari; two grandsons, George J. LaCoste and Tonylee Mire; a granddaughter, Celina Lipari; and sisters, Inez Webre and Ethel Lee.
The family requests that a time of visitation and remembrance be observed on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 from 9am until time of services at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held for Celina on Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 11am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Celina being laid to rest in the Morgan City Cemetery following services.