Madeline “Gay” St. Romain
LAFAYETTE – Longtime Lafayette resident, Mrs. Plauche Joseph St. Romain, Jr., the former Madeline Gay Dupuis, passed away peacefully on Sunday May 2, 2021, at the Casa Coloma Health Care Center in Rancho Cordova, CA after a lengthy illness.
Survivors include her son Plauche St. Romain, III, his wife Jill and their children: Bailey, Jack, Jean Paul, and Luke, his wife Kalee and their children: Paislee, Braden, Daxton, Jacob, and Cooper; daughter Madeline Lawson, her husband Larry and their child Nicolas Yuri; son Jean-Pierre St. Romain; daughter Monique Sacco her husband David and their children: Natalie, Elizabeth, and Camille; and daughter Jeanne Cormier her husband Philip and their children: Jarrod M.J. Motty, Lydia Rose, and Philip Joseph. Siblings include: her sister Amelie "Mellie" Dugas and her husband Roland; brother Easten "Skip" Dupuis and his wife Lauren; brother Richard "Dickey" Dupuis; sister Denise Woolf and her husband David; and many nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Plauche “PJ” St. Romain, Jr, parents Easten and Jeanne (Guidry) Dupuis, and brother Joel Dupuis. She was joined in heaven by her great-niece Kirby Aura Woolf.
A native of Lafayette and graduate of Mount Carmel High School, she was a resident of Lafayette for most of her life. Her heart was full with joie de vivre that her family - her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren brought to her through laughter, togetherness, pictures, adventures and love. Gay will be dearly missed by her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her.
Per her wish, there will not be a service or interment, but a Celebration of Life to be announced at a later time. Her other wish was to help others by donating her body to the University of California, Davis, for Parkinson’s research. To learn more about this research program visit https://health.ucdavis.edu/bodydonation. The family requests those who wish to express sympathy to consider donating to the University of California, Davis, Body Donation Program or The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.