Oberlin-A Mass of Christian Burial for Yvonne S. Smith, 83, will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, July 19, 2021 at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. Rev. Clyde Thomas will officiate. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery in Soileau under the direction of Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Homes.

The family will receive visitors at Ardoin/Allen Parish Funeral Home of Oberlin on Monday, July 19, 2021 from 8 a.m. until time of service with the Holy Rosary being prayed at 11 a.m.

Yvonne was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was adopted at a young age to Raymond and Wilmuth Shively in Texas. She moved to Hammond, LA as a young child. Yvonne was married to her husband, Benton, for fifty-six years until his death in 2018. She graduated college from Southwestern in Hammond. She then moved to Oberlin and started working at Office of Family Services. Yvonne later retired as the supervisor after thirty years. After retiring, she became an Allen Parish School Board Member for twelve years. She was a dedicated member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, a member of the Ladies Altar Society, on the church Bazaar committee and a communion minster. Last but not least, Yvonne also dedicated her time to prison ministry for many years. She had the biggest heart and loved to cook for her family. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Those left to cherish Yvonne's memory include her two daughters, Sandra Fontenot and husband, Larry, of Oberlin and Tracy Maskas and husband, Jim, of Lakeland, FL; nine grandchildren, Thomas Fontenot, Katie Ortego, and Justin Fontenot of Oberlin, Maria Guilbeau of Dallas, TX, and Catherine Guilbeau of Shamrock, TX and Ellie, Victoria, Olivia and James Maskas of Lakeland, FL; and five great grandchildren, Eli and Landry Fontenot and Nicholas, Tatum and Lauren Ortego.

Yvonne is preceded in death by her parents; and daughter, Eve Smith Guilbeau.

The family would like to say a special thanks to Brighton Bridge Hospice and her caregivers, Robin Darbonne, Brenda Billings, Amanda Melder and Samantha Ware for all of their love, care and compassion shown to Mrs. Yvonne.