Patricia Simon Deshotels

Lafayette - A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at 10:00 am in St. Pius X Catholic Church in Lafayette, Louisiana for Patricia Simon Deshotels, age 78, who passed away on Friday, August 4, 2023, in Shreveport, Louisiana. Father James Brady, Pastor of St. Pius X Catholic Church will officiate. Visitation will be held on Monday, August 7, 2023, from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm in the Chapel of Cypress Funeral Home. A Rosary will be recited at 6:00 pm. Patricia Simon Deshotels was born in Crowley, Louisiana on July 5, 1945. Always an exceptional student, she graduated from Gueydan High School with honors and excelled at Northwestern Louisiana University where she completed her college education. In college she was in Key Club, and won several academic awards and she also studied at LSU, as well as USL. With her teaching degree in hand she amassed a life long career in education, teaching in various schools and parishes. Patricia was always willing to go where she was needed most. in the later years of her career she specialized in working with students who needed the most help. She was most proud of her program to prepare young mothers who were still in highschool to get their diploma, as well as being ever present to offer advice on motherhood to these young students, many of whom were forever greatful. She developed longterm relationships with many of those young mothers, and she was always there to help them emotionally and even financially long after she retired. Her generosity was not limited to the classroom, before teaching she was a social worker and her whole life was dedicated to helping others through her church St. Pius X, as well as other avenues. She was known to bail people out of jail by calling the Sherrif and asking who was a good person and giving them odd jobs around the house so that they could earn money. She often joked that it was done for cheap labor, but it was also done out of compassion. The truth is there are several stories that could be told and we could go on forever. More than anything she was a loving mother and grandmother, she enjoyed her life and accomplished much, but it was her grandchildren and her family that completed her. It can easily be said that Patricia Simon Deshotels had a full life both in her career and with her family, and that we can say is a life well lived. Patricia is survived by her children, Jason Jules Deshotels of Lafayette, and Kristy Dehotels Dye (Jon Jeremy Dye) of Shreveport; her grandchildren, Hudson Jake Dye, and Shepard Jude Dye; her nieces, Brittney Simon, Melissa Simon, and Cyndi Simon. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 53 years, Charles E. Deshotels; her parents, Rodney Simon, and Genevive Hungerford Simon; her siblings, Cynthia Simon Alford and James R. Simon. Burial Services will be held in the Gueydan Cemetery in Gueydan, Louisiana. Cypress Funeral Home & Crematory, 206 W. Lafayette St., Maurice, LA 70555, (337) 740-3123, is in charge of arrangements.

Patricia Simon Deshotels

July 5, 1945 - August 4, 2023