Mary Boston LaHaye

A funeral service for Mary Frenche Boston LaHaye, 94, will be held on Saturday, September 24, 2016, at 1:00 PM
at United Methodit Church with Pastor Truman Stagg officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Eunice.
Mary passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016.
She is survived by her three children, Dr. Phil LaHaye and his wife Susie Jory of Thibodeaux;
Suzanne LaHaye of Eunice and Stephanie L. Cauley and husband Lynn of Baton Rouge;
four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Phillip Webb.LaHaye; parents, John C. and Arral Lawson Boston;
two brothers, John C. Boston, Jr and Alton Boston; two sisters, Claire Wimberly and Margaret Gardiner.
Visitation will be held at the First United Methodist Church in Eunice on Saturday, September 24, 2016,
from 9:00 AM until service time at one pm.
Mary, a Florida resident, entered Charity Hospital nursing school in 1941.
In 1943 she met and married her future husband, Webb LaHaye, a medical student.
After WWII they moved to Eunice where Webb set up his medical practice.
Mary arrived in Eunice ready to raise a family and get involved in civic/community service.
She was a founding member of the Bulb and Blossom Garden Club where she held many offices,
was a District Director for District VII, and also an Accredited National Show Judge.
She was a charter member of the Acadia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
Camp Fire Girls leader and a camp nurse. She was chair and co-chair of the Cleanest City Contest for several years.
She served on many boards and committees, Eunice Jubilee Committee,
Operation Forethought, LSU-E Visual Arts Advisory Board, as well as a local Cancer Drive that she co-chaired.
In recognition of her efforts in the Cleanest City Contest and for her many other civic activities,
Mary was named Citizen of the Year in 1964, a Rotarian honor .
She served as commissioner for many elections and even ran for membership on the school board.
For personal pleasure she kept herself busy with bowling, golfing,
gardening, flower arranging, embroidery, crocheting, tatting, knitting, sewing, painting,
reading, hunting, fishing, researching family genealogy, supporting Eunice Players' Theatre and traveling.