Elverta Marcantel Fruge

EUNICE-It is with heavy hearts that the family of Elverta Marcantel Fruge announces her passing on Saturday, November 8, 2025, at Lafayette General Medical Center at the age of 97. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Eunice. Burial will follow in the Mt. Calvary Cemetery with Father Sam Fontana, Celebrant.

Elverta, born on July 24, 1928, in Mamou, La, was the beloved daughter of the late Cyprien and Delia Perrotti Landreneau. She was a sales associate with Ardoin’s Department Store in Eunice for twenty-nine years. Elverta also enjoyed quilting, listening to French music, and visiting with her family and friends.

Elverta will be missed by all who knew and loved her, especially her son, Gary N. Marcantel and wife, Madeline of Eunice; daughter, Fay Marcantel Byrd of Eunice; brother, Francis Landreneau and companion, Tonya Stevenson of Eunice; sisters, Cecelia Landreneau Fontenot of Eunice and Margaret Landreneau Aucoin and husband, Gilbert of Ville Platte; her grandchildren, Donna D. Guidry and husband, James LeJeune, Daffaney Darbonne and husband, Clayton, Delia Reale, Brandon Marcantel and wife, Judi, Tiffany Marcantel, and Erika Buckman; nine great grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; as well as extended family and friends.

She is preceded in death by her husbands, Mitchell Marcantel and Wallace Fruge; son, Charles M. Marcantel; daughter, Lynn Marcantel Bertrand; her parents; brothers, Roland Landreneau, Raymond Landreneau, L.C. Landreneau, James Landreneau, and John Carl Landreneau; sisters, Ruth Landreneau Fontenot, Mary Ellen Landreneau Duplechain and Jane Landreneau Ardoin.

A visitation is scheduled at Ardoin’s Funeral Home in Eunice for Monday, November 10, 2025, beginning at 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm, and again on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, from 8:00 am until time of services. Father Sam Fontana will pray a rosary at 6:00 pm on Monday.

Family and friends may view this obituary and sign the guestbook at www.ardoinfuneralhomes.com

Ardoin’s Funeral Home of Eunice, 1301 West Laurel Ave, (337) 457-3371, is in charge of arrangements.