Janice G. Fuchs

Published 6:00 am Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017, at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia for Janice Guidry Fuchs, 56, who passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017, in New Iberia.

Interment will be at a later date.

Msgr. Keith Derouen will officiate.

A gathering of family and friends will be Friday from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia.

Janice was born on September 27, 1960, in Opelousas, and was a graduate of ULL. She worked as a school psychologist for the Iberia Parish School Board, and was a co-founder of SNIP (Spay, Neuter Iberia Project) a nonprofit organization. Janice was a passionate cook and had deep love for her cats.

Survivors include her husband, Jeff Fuchs, of New Iberia; parents, Raphael I. and Nora Arnaud Guidry of Opelousas; brothers Donald Guidry and wife, Louise, of Austin, Texas and Glenn Guidry and wife, Susan, of Opelousas; sisters Brenda Stephens and husband, Kenneth, of Opelousas and Paula Lejeune and husband, Deacon Barney Lejeune, of Carencro; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a niece, Andrea Lejeune.

Honorary pallbearers will be Glenn Guidry, Donald Guidry, Kenneth Stephens, Christopher Stephens, Deacon Barney Lejeune, Paul Guidry, Stephen Bodman and Jimmy McCumber.

Memorial contributions may be made to SNIP (Spay, Neuter Iberia Project), P. O. Box 9351, New Iberia, LA 70562.

To view online obituary and sign guest book, please go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com.

Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, 365-3331, is in charge of arrangements.