Channa Ruth Murphy Oubre

Lafayette - A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, July 12, 2024, from 12:00 pm until 4:00 pm at Cypress Funeral Home in Maurice for Channa Ruth Murphy Oubre, age 75, who passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Lafayette. Channa Ruth Murphy Oubre was born on June 10, 1949, in Tyler, Texas where she remained a resident until her early teens. During the 60's her family, along with her 2 brothers, Danny and Ronnie, moved to New Iberia, Louisiana. She graduated from New Iberia High in 1967. Channa worked at USL (now ULL) for 18 years as Director of Continuing Education and Director of Conference Center. Channa was a world traveler having worked in Vietnam and Malaysia before taking a position with a Canadian company called Canusua in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She worked there as Communication/Customer Sales Manager for 16 years where she made friends with Jane El Shinnawi, Kim Schofield, and Jennifer San Jose Catapat. She retired in 2012 where she was treated to retirement parties in Abu Dhabi, London England and Toronto Canada. Channa loved to travel to Atlanta to visit her daughter, Liz and her 2 grandsons, Artist and Taz, who she loved and adored very much. She did this at least twice a year. She also got to be good friends with her 4 step children, Wayne Oubre(Partner Blair), Rebecca Oubre Gaspard(husband Bryce), Ben Oubre and Chris Oubre. She loved and adored her 5 step grandchildren, Hannah Gaspard, Julianna Gaspard, Lila Oubre, Lucy Oubre and Sebastian Oubre. She especially got attached to her 2-year old step-grandson, Sebastian. At least twice a year, Channa and her husband Curtis would drive to Tyler, Texas to visit with her cousin Lynda and Lynda's husband Raymond. She and Curtis would also go to Canton, Texas for the largest flea market in the world, where in 2019 Curtis bought her Bijou, a loving Great White Pyrenees puppy. Bijou is now 5 years old and about 100 lbs. Channa was also an enthusiastic gardener and cook. She used raised garden boxes made by her husband Curtis to grow tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, egg plants, and a variety of peppers. Using these vegetables she created meals and shared them with her neighbors in the neighborhood. Channa is survived by her loving husband of 12 years, Curtis Oubre; her daughter, Elizabeth Grove; her grandchildren, Artist and Tazman; as well as her siblings, Danny Leo Murphy and Ronnie Lynn Murphy. She was preceded in death by her parents, Leo Emery Murphy and Mary Lynn Mathews. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, stjude.org Arrangements have been entrusted to Cypress Funeral Home & Crematory, 206 W. Lafayette St., Maurice, LA 70555.

Channa Ruth Murphy Oubre

June 10, 1949 - June 15, 2024