THIBODAUX, La. — Father Robert J. Sevigny, 81, a native of Fall River, Mass., and a priest with the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, La., died December 27, 2009. The son of the late Philip and Rosina Sevigny, he grew up in Blessed Sacrament Parish in Fall River. He studied for the priesthood at the Oblate College in Bar Harbor, Maine and the Oblate House of Theology in Natick, Mass. Ordained a priest in Lowell, Mass., on June 24, 1953, he was missioned to Lesotho, South Africa in 1954, and later served in parishes in several dioceses in the United States. He leaves several sisters-in-law, cousins and nephews. His funeral Mass was celebrated in Thibodaux by Thibodaux Bishop Samuel Jacobs. A memorial Mass for Father Sevigny was celebrated recently in St. Mary’s Cathedral in Fall River.