MATTHEW 5:4 THE LORD IS CLOSE TO THE BROKENHEARTED AND SAVES THOSE WHO ARE CRUSHED IN SPIRIT.

GOD IN INFINITE WISDOM CALLED JEROME DEJEAN, 68, OF LAKE CHARLES, LOUISIANA, INTO ETERNAL REST. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2025, AT METHODIST HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON, TX.

JEROME WAS BORN AUGUST 24, 1957, IN LOS ANGELAS CALIFORNIA TO BILLY AND ELMER LEE DEJEAN. HE WAS BAPTIZED AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHERE HE REMAINED A MEMBER FOR 50 YEARS UNTIL HE DEPARTED FROM THIS EARTH.

JEROME BEGIN HIS ACADEMIC CAREER AT MILL ST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, REYNAURD JR HIGH AND GRADUATING FROM W.O. BOSTON WITH THE CLASS OF 1975. HE THEN ATTENDED MCNEESE UNIVERSITY FOR 2 YEARS AND THEN JOINED THE MILITARY GOING TO THE NAVY SERVING HIS COUNTRY FOR 4 YEARS, AND 2 YEARS RESERVED. AFTER HIS MILITARY CAREER HE MOVED HOME TO LAKE CHARLES, LA WITH HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH LEWIS DEJEAN, AND HIS TWIN DAUGHTERS ROCHELLE RENA DEJEAN-CEZAIR AND MICHELLE MARIE DEJEAN, WHERE HE WORKED SEVERAL JOBS TO PROVIDE FOR HIS FAMILY. ON February 20, 1985, JEROME AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH BROUGHT A HANDSOME SON INTO THIS WORLD NAMED JEROME DEJEAN II. IN 1985 JEROME AND ELIZABETH DEJEAN ALSO TOOK IN NASSOR LEWIS (ELIZABETH BROTHER) AS THEIR SON.

UPON  WORKING SEVERAL JOBS TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY UNTIL HE LANDED A JOB AT TRUNKLINE LNG IN MAINTENANCE WORKING HIS WAY UP AS An OPERATOR WHERE HE WORKED FOR OVER 30 PLUS YEARS, RETIRING IN 2021. HE SERVED AS A KNIGHT, SANG IN THE MENS CHOIR, DID ALTER SERVICE AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS. THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE HE COACHED BASEBALL AT HUBER PARK IN LAKE CHARLES, AND RECREATIONAL FOOTBALL AT JOHN J JOHNSON.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS EX-WIFE/BEST FRIEND FOR OVER 48 YEARS, ELIZABETH LEWIS DEJEAN OF LAKE CHARLES, LA; TWO DAUGHTERS, MICHELLE MARIE DEJEAN, ROCHELLE RENA DEJEAN CEZAIR (ERNEST JOSEPH CEZAIR), ALL OF LAKE CHARLES LA; TWO SONS JEROME DEJEAN I, OF LAKE CHARLES ,LA AND NASSOR LEWIS OF TEXAS, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, JORDAN DEJEAN(WOO TANG), JALYN BROUSSARD(WOOF CUB), J'YREN JACOB DOUCET(PLUCK DUCK), KEVIN S GAGE DOUCET(CRISCO), CASANDRA M PAIGE DOUCET(PEACHES), ALYSSIA MARIE DEJEAN(POLKA POLKA),

KESHAUN S CAIGE DOUCET (SNAKE), AND JEROME DEJEAN III (PUMPKIN HEAD). GREAT-GRAND KIDS; MELODY BELL, LEHLANI KING, JAISLEE ESCLOVON, AND A HOST OF BONUS GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS. ALL OF LAKE CHARLES, LA; TWO SISTERS, EDIETH STEVENSON AND ANNETTE SMITH, LAKE CHARLES, LA; SIX BROTHERS WILLIE DEJEAN JR OF LAKE CHARLES, LA, ROBERT DEJEAN (WIFE) CAROLANN DEJEAN, HOUSTON TX, FREDERICK DEJEAN, MICHAEL DEJEAN (WIFE) MONITA DEJEAN, AND DAMON DEJEAN (WIFE) CHRISTY DEJEAN ALL OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. GODCHILDREN; DONTAE AMOS, DANIEL DEJEAN, ROBERT DEJEAN JR., AND PAULA WILLIAMS, OF LAKE CHARLES, LA; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS.

HE WAS PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS WILLIE JOSEPH DEJEAN SR AND ELMER LEE DEJEAN, BROTHER; KEVIN DEJEAN, SON, JEROME DEJEAN II; GRANDSON, JYREN JACOB DOUCET, MOTHER-IN-LAW, MILDRED LEWIS; FATHER-IN-LAW, CHARLES LEWIS; SISTER IN LAWS, KAREN DEJEAN, AND CAROL DEJEAN. BROTHER IN LAWS; ALVIN SMITH AND CRAIG STEVENSON.

His visitation will be Friday, September 19, 2025 from 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. in Combre Funeral Home. His funeral service will be Saturday, September 20 ,2025 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, entombment will be in Sacred Heart Mausoleum under the direction of Combre Funeral Home.