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May 30, 1938 ~ April 17, 2018

ABBEVILLE — Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville honoring the life of Kathleen Ouida Musumeche Elmer, 79, who died Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Pelican Pointe Healthcare and Rehabilitation. She will be laid to rest at Graceland Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Lee Lavergne, Tyler Elmer, Cody Hebert, Zach Wilson, Toby Strother and Roger Musumeche.
Mrs. Kathleen “Katy” Musumeche Elmer passed away just short of her 80th birthday. She fought a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was a very family-oriented person always lending a helping hand. She was a 1956 graduate of Abbeville High School and a past member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her husband, Arthur Lee Elmer, Sr.; three children, Susan Lee Elmer Lavergne and her husband Joe of Lafayette, Kimberly Elmer Touchet and her husband Kevin “Pete” of Abbeville, and Arthur Lee Elmer, Jr. and his wife Carmen of Abbeville; eight grandchildren, Karinda T. Hebert (Cody), Krystal T. Boudreaux, Lee Lavergne (Jennifer), Lauren L. Wilson (Zach), Kayla E. Mayers (Chris), Tyler Elmer, Pamela Yanez and A.J. Yanez (Shari); fourteen great grandchildren; and brother, Roger M. Musumeche of Youngsville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Rocco Joseph Musumeche, Sr. and the former Ouida Marie Rageur; one brother, Rocco J. Musumeche, Jr.; and one sister, Mary Musumeche.
The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Vincent Funeral Home - Abbeville, 209 S. St. Charles St., on Friday, April 20, 2018 from 3:00 PM until 9:00 PM; Saturday, April 21, 2018 from 8:00 AM until time of services.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.vincentfuneralhome.net.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Vincent Funeral Home of Abbeville, (337) 893-4661.

Abbeville Police are looking for suspects involved in a shooting that left a Kaplan man dead.
Just after 2 a.m. on April 17, the Abbeville Police Department responded to a complaint of shots fired in the area of Graceland Avenue and Hawthorne Street.
Upon the officers’ arrival, they were unable to locate any incident.
The officers continued to search the area and located a subject laying in the street on the 200 block of East Vermilion Street. The victim, later identified as Douglas Bourque, 38, of Kaplan, suffered from several gunshot wounds.
The officers and medics attempted CPR and transported Bourque to Abbeville General, where he was taken by AirMed to Lafayette General.
Bourque was brought into surgery and later succumbed to his injuries.
Investigators worked throughout the morning developing leads. As of now it is believed that two suspects were involved in some type of argument with the victim leading up to the shooting. According to a witness, two subjects were seen running from the scene.
Anyone having information about this crime is asked to contact the Abbeville Police Department at (337) 893-2511.

The North Vermilion Lady Patriots advanced to the second round of the Class 3A softball playoffs after crushing first round opponent Church Point, 16-1, on Monday.
No. 4 North Vermilion will play the winner of the No. 13 Westlake/No. 20 Patterson winner. North Vermilion got things started in the first inning. North Vermilion scored one run on a stolen base.
North Vermilion tallied seven runs in the third inning. Kaylee Lopez, Amie Vincent and Jodi Broussard powered the big inning with RBIs.
Broussard led things off on the hill for North Vermilion. She surrendered one run on three hits over four innings, striking out three and walking zero.
North Vermilion hit three home runs on the day. Lopez had a homer in the third inning. She now has 23 on the year.
Kylie Naomi went deep in the second inning. Vincent had a long ball in the third inning.
North Vermilion tallied eight hits.
Vincent was 1-for-4 and she knocked in four runs. Naomi was 2-for-2 and she scored three runs. Gabby Dupre was 2-for-4 (2 RBI). Lopez was 2-for-3, and she knocked in three runs.