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+2019, Washington, DC, Obituary

Daily Journal (Park Hills, MO) - April 24, 2019

Rhonda J. (LaPlant) Lapierre, age 49, passed away Saturday, April 13, 2019, at her home surrounded by her family in Washington, DC. She was born on December 20, 1969, in Farmington, Missouri.

After completing high school in Farmington, Missouri, Rhonda graduated from Mizzou and later earned an MBA from George Washington University in Washington, DC. Rhonda spent most of her professional career with Sprint in Kansas City and Cox Communications in Herndon, Virginia, where she last served as their Director of Finance. In recent years Rhonda dedicated her time to her family, and was living in Washington, DC.

Rhonda was a loving daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt, and friend. She was passionate about life and she lived it to the fullest. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her, but she will live on in our hearts forever.

Rhonda married the love of her life, Didier Lapierre, on June 1, 2002, in Arcachon, France, and they have a beautiful daughter, Daphne.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Henry and Thora (West) LaPlant, her father-in-law, Bernard Lapierre, and her nephews, Elijah Alan Fischbeck and Matthew Michael Dowell.

In addition to her husband Didier and daughter Daphne, Rhonda is survived by her parents, Ron and Phyllis (Blankenship) LaPlant, her brother, Tony (Michelle) LaPlant, two sisters, Leslie (Mark) Fischbeck, Nicole (Ryan) Dowell, her mother-in-law, Claudine Lapierre, six nieces and nephews, Tyler (Meredith) LaPlant, Chase Fischbeck, Taylor Fischbeck, Tristan Fischbeck, Lily Anna Dowell, Hadley Ann Dowell, and her uncles and aunts, Reg and Ann LaPlant, Micheline Bresson, Jacques-Henry and Monique Lapierre.

The funeral Mass will be Saturday, April 27 at 1 pm, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 10 N. Long Street in Farmington, Missouri. Interment will be Saturday, April 27 at 2:30 pm, at New Calvary Catholic Cemetery, State Route H, in Farmington, Missouri.

From: Diane Renfrow dhrenfrow(at)yahoo.com