Wilfred "T-Boy" Ardoin

May 14, 1929 - March 28, 2018

Lacassine –Wilfred “T-Boy” Ardoin, born May 14, 1929 in Manchester, son of the late Asa and Rose (Fruge) Ardoin, passed away Wednesday, March 28, 2018 in his home, at the age of 88. He served in the U.S. Army from 1951 to 1953. T-Boy was a member of the Knights of Columbus #9281, 3rd Degree Knight and member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Lacassine, where he was a very active member. He also was a member of the Lacassine Volunteer Fire Dept., Lacassine Optimist Club and was instrumental in the construction of the Lacassine Community Center. In his spare time, he enjoyed woodworking and working in his yard. Survivors are his loving and faithful wife of 60 years, Bernice (LeJeune) Ardoin; children, Denise Talbot (Mark) of New Orleans, Billy Ardoin (Robin) of Lacassine, Wendell Ardoin of Lacassine, Karen Gotreaux (Scott) of Lacassine, Lisa Coots (Dwayne) of Lake Arthur and Anne LeBlanc (Kevin) of Iowa; 11 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren, with one on the way. T-Boy is preceded in death by his parents; 2 grandchildren, William Cody and Hannah Marie Ardoin; 1 brother and 3 sisters. A Mass of Christian burial will be Monday, April 2, 2018 at 11 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church – Lacassine, with Father Roland Vaughn as celebrant. Burial will follow in Lacassine Cemetery. Visitation begins Sunday from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m., with a rosary recited at 6:30 p.m. in Johnson & Brown Funeral Home – Iowa and will resume Monday in the funeral home from 8 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.