Obituary - Melissa (Hoffpauir) Fleming

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LAFAYETTE - Funeral services will be held on Thursday October 1, 2015, at 12PM in La Chapelle de Martin & Castille in Lafayette, for Melissa Fleming, age 56, who died at 7:00 PM on Sunday, September 27, 2015 in Groesbeck, Texas.

Entombment will be in St. John Mausoleum. 

Reverend William Ruskoski, Associate Pastor of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Broussard will conduct the funeral services. 

Survivors include her husband, Patrick Fleming; her parents, Stephen Hoffpauir and Cecilia Andis; daughter, Anna Fleming; son, Zachary Fleming; three sisters, Susan Semmens and husband Robert, Stephanie Beckham and husband Blake, Caris Hoffpauir and one brother, Jon Hoffpauir and his wife Alice.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents Cecil and Susan Andis and Dorothy and WJ Hoffpauir. 

Melissa was born on August 25, 1959 in Houston, Texas and was a resident of Lafayette Louisiana for 20 years. She was a graduate of Louisiana State University with a degree in Interior Design. Melissa enjoyed spending time with her family, especially at her sister's ranch in Texas. Melissa also really enjoyed driving to Lake Martin and taking in the scenery. She was involved in many of her daughter's activities at Sacred Heart Academy. She enjoyed her many years as a designer, working in both Lafayette and New Orleans. She was a loving mother and friend and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. 

Pallbearers will be Zachary Fleming, Paul Fleming, Pat Morrow, Justin Simpson, Jon Hoffpauir, Blake Beckham and Danny Douglass.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Jeffrey Bassett and Joshua Caffery. 

The family requests that visitation be observed in Martin & Castille's DOWNTOWN location on Thursday October 1, 2015 from 10AM until the time of service. 

Memorial contributions can be made in Melissa's name to The Academy of the Sacred Heart, Arts Department, 1821 Academy Rd, Grand Coteau, LA 70541.