Cecile LeBesque Grace Ballard Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Cecile LeBesque Grace Ballard (New Orleans, Louisiana), who passed away on April 3, 2025, at the age of 80, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Cecile LeBesque Grace Ballard to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Helen Meyers Grace and William Francis Grace. She is survived by: her siblings, Helen Josephine "Joey" Grace McCloskey, William "Bill" Francis Grace, Jr. and Elizabeth Grace Hoefer; her husband Westy Ballard; her children, Eleanor Ballard, Helen Ballard LeBourgeois (Charles), Katherine "Kate" Ballard Werner (John) and Westervelt "Westy" Terhune Ballard, Jr. (Francine); and her grandchildren, William "Liam" Patrick Walsh, Eleanor Cecile Walsh, Nicholas Westervelt Walsh, Charles "Clay" Claiborne LeBourgeois, III, Caroline "Nina" Grace LeBourgeois, John "Jack" Donelson Werner, Jr., Thomas Westervelt Werner, Sloane Isabel Ballard and Katherine Windsor Ballard.
A funeral service was held on Friday, April 11th 2025 at 1:00 PM at the Trinity Episcopal Church (1329 Jackson Ave, New Orleans, LA 70130).
In lieu of flowers, for those so desiring, the family suggests donations in Cecile's memory to the American Diabetes Association, http://www.diabetes.org., or a charity of your choice.
