Myra Trahan

Myra Frances Trahan, 59, a native and resident of Terrebonne Parish, died at 10:45 a.m. on Monday, July 13, 2009. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. today at Chauvin Funeral Home and from 9 a.m. to funeral time Wednesday at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. Mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at the church, with burial in St. Francis de Sales Cemetery No. 2. She is survived by her mother, Florence Marie Malbrough Trahan. She was preceded in death by her father, John "J.C." Trahan; and brother, Jimmy Trahan. She was a parishioner of St. Francis de Sales Cathedral. She graduated from Terrebonne High School, Nicholls State University with honors and from Loyola University with a graduate degree in Pastoral Theology. Myra worked for South Central Bell for nine years in New Orleans but then returned to Terrebonne Parish where she worked at the School for Exceptional Children and at Coteau-Bayou Blue School in human services and also tutored children after school. She was very active in the catholic church, serving as a commentator and lecturer at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral, as a choir member and also a Eucharistic minister. She was also a member of Les Amis de la Chanson. On the diocesan level, she was a reader for the LIMEX program in the Diocese's educational development office after completing four years of study with Loyola University. Myra was a loving, caring person who was beloved by all. She will be sorely missed by many.