Sister Teresa Margaret Toups, O. Carm.

Sister Teresa Margaret Toups, O. Carm. returned to God October 25, 2022. She was 83 years old and in the 64th year of her religious profession.
Sister Teresa Margaret, born Geraldine Marie Toups in Maurice, LA on February 16, 1939, is the youngest of six children of the late Ernest Toups, Sr., of Vermillion Parish, LA and Marie Simonia Toups of Youngsville, LA. She entered Carmel in 1955 and professed first vows in 1958. Sister attended Central Grammar Elementary and Mount Carmel in Lafayette, LA, and graduated from Mount Carmel Academy, New Orleans, LA. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from St. Mary’s Dominican College, New Orleans. Sister did post-graduate work at Notre Dame University, the University of Dayton, and Loyola University. She celebrated her 60th Jubilee in 2018.
Sister devoted 50 years to Catholic education teaching at St. Dominic and St. Louis King of France, New Orleans, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Westwego, LA, St. Joseph, Rayne Catholic Elementary, Rayne, LA, and Cathedral-Carmel Elementary, Lafayette, LA. She received the Diocesan Outstanding Teacher of the Year 1999-2000 when serving at Cathedral-Carmel. Sister Teresa Margaret served as a volunteer at Cathedral-Carmel Elementary in the art department until her retirement in 2018.
Sister was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, LouElla Toups and four brothers, Ernest, Jr., Ira Charles, Emick Paul, and Alvin James Toups, Sr., She is survived by nieces, nephews, and cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on November 3, 2022 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 515 Cathedral Street, Lafayette, LA 70501. Visitation will be from 8 a.m. - 10 a.m. with Mass at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery, 410 Old Kaplan Hwy., Abbeville, LA 70510. Martin and Castille Funeral Home, Lafayette, LA have been entrusted with Sister’s arrangements.
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