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'''Marietta Marie LeBreton''' (March 26, 1936 – March 5, 2009) was an [[historian]] of [[Louisiana]] affiliated for forty-five years with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]].
'''Marietta Marie LeBreton''' (March 26, 1936 – March 5, 2009) was an [[historian]] of [[Louisiana]] affiliated for forty-five years with [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]].<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54412453/marietta-marie-lebreton|title=Marietta Marie LeBreton|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 25, 2020}}</red>
==Background==
==Background==
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==
LeBreton died three weeks short of her 73rd birthday in a [[Shreveport]] hospital.<ref name=royal>{{cite web|url=http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper178/documents/2qp0yd21.pdf|author=David Royal|title=History professor leaves legacy at NSU: University thanks LeBreton for 45 years of service|publisher=media.collegepublisher.com|accessdate=October 5, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> Services were held on March 11, 2009, at Holy Cross [[Roman Catholic]] Church <ref name=legacy/> in Natchitoches, with the Reverend Jason Gootee officiating, and on March 12 at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Chapel in New Orleans, where she was thereafter interred.
LeBreton died three weeks short of her 73rd birthday in a [[Shreveport]] hospital.<ref name=royal>{{cite web|url=http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper178/documents/2qp0yd21.pdf|author=David Royal|title=History professor leaves legacy at NSU: University thanks LeBreton for 45 years of service|publisher=media.collegepublisher.com|accessdate=October 5, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref> Services were held on March 11, 2009, at Holy Cross [[Roman Catholic]] Church <ref name=legacy/> in Natchitoches, with the Reverend Jason Gootee officiating, and on March 12 at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Chapel in New Orleans with interment in Metairie Cemetery.<ref name=findagrav e/>
NSU President [[Randall Webb]] noted that LeBreton's longevity was one of the most enduring in NSU history. She was a faculty member for more than a third of the existence of the institution.<ref name=author/>
NSU President [[Randall Webb]] noted that LeBreton's longevity was one of the most enduring in NSU history. She was a faculty member for more than a third of the existence of the institution.<ref name=author/>