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Rynella - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at St. Marcellus Catholic Church in Rynella for John Wayne Freyou, Sr., 74, who passed away on Saturday, February 1, 2020, in Lafayette.

Entombment will be at a later date in Holy Family Cemetery.

Rev. Keith Landry will be the Celebrant.

A gathering of family and friends will be Monday from 3:00 pm until 9:00 pm at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia. A rosary, led by the Men?s Rosary Group, will be prayed at 7:00 pm Monday. Visitation will continue on Tuesday from 8:00 am until 1:15 pm.

A native and lifelong resident of Iberia Parish, Mr. Freyou was born on October 29, 1945 to the late Sidney and Irene Landry Freyou. He was a retired sugar cane farmer and former council member of the Iberia Parish Council. Mr. Freyou enjoyed hunting, fishing, trapping, boating, riding his four wheeler, cooking, helping others, and most of all spending time with his family and friends.

Survivors include his wife, Marnell Robicheaux Freyou of New Iberia; sons, Matthew Freyou and wife Robin of New Iberia, John W. Freyou, Jr. and wife Theresa of Broussard; grandchildren, Chelsea Freyou, Rebecca Freyou, Tyler Freyou, Ethan Freyou, Reese Freyou, Addison Freyou, Aubrey Freyou; sister, Phyllis Phillips and husband David Phillips, Sr. of New Iberia; brother, Glenn Freyou and wife Linda of New Iberia; sister-in-law, Deena Fouquier Freyou of New Iberia; and several nieces, nephews, and godchildren.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, Ernest Freyou.

John married Marnell Robicheaux. [Group Sheet]

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10537291/sidney-freyou

Beloved Husband, Father and Grandfather.

Born at Charenton, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, the son of Simon Freyou (Frioux) (1881-1931) and Marie Anastasia Broussard Freyou (1884-1947), one of sixteen children. His brothers were Leodias Freyou (1903-1955), Leodas Freyou (1905-1968), Robert Freyou (1910-1966), William Freyou (1915-1917), George Freyou (1918), Roy Freyou (1923-2007), Whitney Freyou (1925-2016), and Winnie Freyou (1928-1997). His sisters were Aussie Freyou Crochet (1902-1971), Noemie Freyou Buteaux (1906-1924), Leah Freyou (1908-1924), Eunice Freyou Romero (1912-1991), Stella Freyou Martin (1916-2000), Sophie Freyou Bonin (1919-2005), and Edelia Freyou Johnson (1921-2007). He was a sugarcane farmer all his life, and founder of Freyou Farms, Inc. He made his home on the Freyou plantation in Iberia Parish with his wife of 37 years (from 22 January 1938), the former Irene Landry (1918-1975). They had four children, Ernest Freyou (1939-2017), Phyllis Ann Freyou Phillips (1941-), David Glenn Freyou (1944-), and John Wayne Freyou (1945-2020). From 1976 until his death he was married to Josephine Kemna, the widow of August Wiese. After a brief illness he passed from this life at Iberia General Hospital in New Iberia. A Requiem Mass was said at the Church of St. Nicholas, Lydia, the Rev. James Doiron, presiding. He was laid to rest beside Irene in the Freyou family plot in Memorial Park Cemetery, New Iberia.

Sidney married Irene Landry 22 Jan 1938. Irene (daughter of George Joseph Landry and Feliciane Louviere) was born 24 Jul 1918, Landry, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, USA; died 27 Jan 1975, New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA; was buried , Memorial Park Cemetery New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10537337/irene-freyou

Affectionately known as 'Mac', she was born on the Cypremort Prairie between Jeanerette and Four Corners, on the Landry family land, to George Joseph Landry (1893-1969) and Feliciane Louviere Landry (1894-1979), her brothers were Ernest George (E.G.) Landry (1924-1986) and Steve Landry (1932-2014), her sisters were Lillian (Lut) Landry Hebert (1913-2000) and Luna Landry Granger (1914-1987). She made her home on the Freyou plantation in Iberia Parish with her husband Sidney (Doc) Freyou (married 22 January 1938), a sugarcane farmer, where they reared their four children: Ernest Freyou (1939-2017), Phyllis Ann Freyou Phillips (1941-), David Glenn Freyou (1944-), and John Wayne Freyou (1945-2020). She passed from this life at Iberia Parish Hospital in New Iberia. A Requiem Mass was said at the Church of St. Nicholas, Lydia, the Rev. Msgr. John E. Gremillion, presiding. She was laid to rest in the Freyou family plot in Memorial Park Cemetery, New Iberia.

Simon married Marie Anestasia Broussard. Marie died 8 Mar 1947; was buried , Saint Peter's Cemetery New Iberia, Iberia Parish, Louisiana, USA. [Group Sheet]

George married Feliciane Louviere. Feliciane was born 1894; died 1979. [Group Sheet]