Mary Mercedes Breithaupt, 77, of Jena, passed from this life on Friday, May 26, 2017, at the LaSalle General Hospital of Jena. She was born November 14, 1939 in Washington, Louisiana to the union of her parents, John and Estelle Stephens Joubert. Mrs. Breithaupt was a Registered Nurse at the LaSalle Nursing Home of Jena for many years. Services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 27, in the chapel of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home of Jena with Minister Evelyn Thompson officiating. Interment followed in the Pine Grove Cemetery of Rhinehart under direction of Hixson Brothers, Inc. of Jena. She was preceded in death by her husband, James M. Breithaupt; her parents; and a sister, Alphee Mae Joubert. Those who are left to cherish in her memory include her son, Larry Romero and wife LeNette of Mangham; daughters, Lynn Webb and husband Mark of Monroe, and Carole Moreau of Jena; brother, James Aaron Joubert of Jena; sister, Margaret Bonin of New Iberia; seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were Hayward Bonin, Jeff Bonin, Guy Bonin, Steven Hayes, Jimmy Joubert, and Johnny Joubert.
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