Kathleen Rita McBride
1928 - 1978 (50 years)-
Name Kathleen Rita McBride Born 28 Feb 1928 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Gender Female Died 8 Dec 1978 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Buried Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA Person ID I4008 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 16 Sep 2019
Father Edward Scott McBride, Sr., b. 13 Mar 1894, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 25 Dec 1953, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 59 years) Mother Zulma Mae Plattsmier, b. 30 Nov 1900, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 31 Jan 1983, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 82 years) Married 17 Nov 1920 Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA Family ID F1568 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Daniel Edison LeLeux, b. 23 Oct 1925, LeLeux, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 6 Jan 2015, Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 89 years) Married 23 Dec 1951 St. Joseph Catholic Church - Rayne, Louisiana, USA Children 1. Lori Elizabeth LeLeux, b. 17 Sep 1956, Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA , d. 17 Apr 1961, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA (Age 4 years)2. D.E. LeLeux + 3. S. LeLeux Last Modified 18 Nov 2025 Family ID F1569 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 28 Feb 1928 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Married - 23 Dec 1951 - St. Joseph Catholic Church - Rayne, Louisiana, USA Died - 8 Dec 1978 - Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana, USA 
Buried - - Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Kathleen Rita McBride LeLeux 
1946 Rayne Lions Club Frog Derby
This bevy of Frog Derby beauties with their frogs were some of the contestants of the 1946 Rayne Lions Club Frog Derby held at the Rice Festival in Crowley. The frog jockeys would jump their frog, and whoever's frog jumped the farthest would be crowned Frog Derby Queen. This tradition was continued into the first Rayne Frog Festival held in 1973. The Frog Derby was a major factor in the success of the festival. Shown from left to right are Ethylene Comeaux, Geraldine Kennedy Gueno (who was later crowned Frog Derby Queen), Janell Plattsmier Domingue, Joyce Zaunbrecher Faulk, Kathleen McBride Leleux, Betty Babineaux Kennedy, and Alberta Broussard Gossen. (Courtesy of David "Pete" Babineaux.)
(Published in "Rayne's People and Places" By Tony Olinger, Cheryl Richard McCarty)
Documents 
Engagement Announcement of Daniel Edison "Dan" LeLeux and Kathleen Rita McBride
Published in The Crowley Daily Signal on December 5, 1951
Marriage Announcement of Daniel Edison "Dan" LeLeux and Kathleen Rita McBride
Published in The Rayne Weekly Acadian on January 3, 1952
Obituary of Kathleen Rita McBride LeLeux
Published in The Crowley Post Signal on December 8, 1978
Obituary of Kathleen Rita McBride LeLeux
Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on December 8, 1978
Headstones 
Crypt of Kathleen Rita McBride LeLeux
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA
Crypt of Daniel Edison "Dan" LeLeux and Kathleen Rita McBride LeLeux
Saint Joseph Catholic Cemetery #2 - Rayne, Louisiana, USA
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Notes - Obituary:
Mrs. Daniel LeLeux
RAYNE, La. - Funeral services for Mrs. Daniel LeLeux, 50, the former Kathleen McBride who died at 8:10 a.m. today at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the St. Joseph Catholic Church. Burial will be in the St. Joseph Mausoleum.
A native of Rayne, and the daughter of Mrs. Mae Platsmier McBride, and the late Edward S. McBride, whe attended local schools prior to her marriage to Mr. LeLeux. They continued to reside in Rayne where she had been active in many civic organizations. She was a longtime member of the Rayne Garden Club and presently a member-at-large for the La. Garden Club Federation where she had previously served as corresponding secretary. She was also a past Seventh District Director of the La. Federation and a member of the La. Accredited Flower Show judges, the La. Landscape Design Critics Council, and the La. Society for Horticultural research. She was a member and former officer of the Acadia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, member of the Auxillary of Arceneaux Post American Legion, and the Rayne Catholic Daughters of America.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, David LeLeux of Rayne and one daughter, Suzanne LeLeux also of Rayne; her mother, Mrs. E.S. McBride Sr. of Rayne; four brothers, Edward S. McBride Jr. of Kingsville, Maryland, Sidney McBride of Rayne, Warren McBride of Rayne, and Harold McBride serving the Army in Germany; one sister Mrs. Marilyn LeLeux of Estherwood.
Gossen Funeral Home of Rayne is in charge of arrangements.
(Published in The Crowley Post Signal on December 8, 1978)
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Mrs. Daniel Leleux
RAYNE - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church for Mrs. Daniel E. LeLeux, 50, the former Kathleen McBride, who died at 8:10 a.m. Friday at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Lafayette.
Entombment will be in the mausoleum at St. Joseph Cemetery.
She was a long time member of the Rayne Garden Club and was presently representative at large for the Louisiana Garden Club Federation. She was past Seventh District director for the Louisiana Federation, and a member of the Louisiana Accredited Flower Show Judges and also a member of the Louisiana Landscape Design Critics Council. She was also a member of the Louisiana Society of Horticultural Research.
Mrs. LeLeux was a member and former officer of the Acadia Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and member and past president of the auxiliary of Arcenaux Post American Legion. She was also active in Court Rayne, Catholic Daughters of America.
She is survived by her husband, Daniel E. LeLeux of Rayne; one son, David LeLeux of Rayne; one daughter, Suzanne LeLeux of Rayne; mother, Mrs. E.S. McBride Sr. of Rayne; four brothers, Edward S. McBrdie Jr. of Kingsville, Maryland, Sidney McBride and Warren McBride both of Rayne, and Harold McBride, serving with the U.S. Army in Germany; and one sister, Mrs. Marilyn LeLeux of Esterwood.
Gossen Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
(Published in The Lafayette Daily Advertiser on December 8, 1978)
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