JOSEPH LEE MATTE

August 25, 1933 — November 7, 2015
Joseph Lee Matte, a native of Church Point and longtime resident of Morgan City, passed away at his home Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015. In life, Joe enjoyed being surrounded by the whole family for a good meal and good times, and his last few days were celebrated the very same way.
Joe leaves behind to cherish his memory his wife, Curline Marcantel Matte and the children they shared, including sons and their spouses, Timothy Matte and his wife, Andrea, Steve Matte and his fiancée, Anne Menard, and Brad Matte and his wife, Jan; daughters and their spouses, Debra Hymel and her husband, Timmy, Anna Cefalu and her husband, Kenneth, Lisa Orlando and her husband, Steve, and Marlene Ledet and her husband, Brent.
He is also survived by their grandchildren, Jeffrey and Eric Matte, Jonathan and Nicholas Matte, Ashley Matte, Kelly Burch, and Bradley Matte, Ryan, Morgan and Dylan Hymel, Bobbie Waguespack, Elizabeth Leonard, Emily Bergeron and Helena Cefalu, Jason Orlando, Noelle Montgomery, Justin, Jared and Jessica Orlando, J.P. Doiron, Kolby, Kyle and Brandon Ledet, and Maggie and Paige Landry. They also shared their love with 18 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Zelema Matte; his first wife, Gloria Olivier Matte; and his nine sisters.
Joe moved to Morgan City in 1962 to open the Anthony’s Department store (formally American Dept. store) from which he retired in 1997.
His life will be celebrated with a Mass of Christian Burial at noon Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, at Holy Cross Catholic Church. His grandsons’ will serve as pallbearers. The family will greet visitors beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015. He will be laid to rest at the Morgan City cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family request donations in his memory to Central Catholic High School, Holy Cross Elementary or Holy Cross Catholic Church.