Judith “Judy” Klibert Cancienne passed away Aug. 17, 2014, at her home following her courageous 10-year battle with pancreatic cancer.

Cancienne was born on July 8, 1939, in Reserve, to Elmore and Eugenie Klibert.

She had been a resident of Baton Rouge for 52 years and an active member of St. Aloysius parish for 43 years. She was married to Robert “Bob” Aloysius Cancienne for 54 wonderful years.

Cancienne lived her faith and was actively involved in many roles, including Eucharistic minister, marriage preparation facilitator and CCD instructor, along with her husband Bob. She and her late husband Bob were volunteers at Mary Bird Cancer Center before and during their treatment for cancer and received the Mary Bird Perkins 2011 Volunteers of the Year award.

Cancienne was preceded in death by her husband, Bob.

She is survived by her three children, Elizabeth Thibodeaux and husband Kerry; Kenneth Cancienne and his wife Sarah; and Catherine Miller and her husband Bill; and her four grandchildren, Alyson and Lauren Cancienne, Sam Miller and Andrew Thibodeaux.

She is also survived by her three sisters, Mary Singler and her late husband Xavier, Gilda Lasseigne and her husband Albert, and Patty Clement and her husband Guy.

She also has numerous nieces and nephews who she thought of and loved as her own. She always said she lived a blessed life, that the good Lord surrounded her with angels who embraced her with love, caring and prayers.

If you are reading this, you are probably one of those and Cancienne and her family thank you. Her faith and strength have been an inspiration to all whom she has met and all have been better for having met her.

A full mass was held Aug. 21 at St. Aloysius in Baton Rouge, and the burial took place at Resthaven Gardens of Memory.

The family requests donations be made to Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center or Cancer Services of Baton Rouge in lieu of flowers.