Arnold 'Bud' Pellerin

New Iberia A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM, on Monday, January 5, 2015, at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in New Iberia for Arnold "Bud" Pellerin, age 67, who passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015, at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center. Interment will follow at Holy Family Cemetery. Rev. Mark Derise will be the Celebrant. Readers will be Alyson Pellerin and Morgan Richard Olivier. Giftbearers will be Monique Broussard, Austin Pellerin, and Holden Raggette. A gathering of family and friends will be Monday from 10:00 AM until 1:30 PM at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia. A rosary will be prayed at 11:00 AM Monday. Mr. Arnold was a member of the VFW and a purple heart recipient. He served in the Vietnam War as a member of the United States Army. Mr. Arnold loved spending time with his cat, Menew, who has been by his side for the past twenty-one years. He is survived by his wife, Fannie "Shot" Broussard Pellerin of New Iberia, LA; brothers, Dennis Fleming, Sr. of Verdunville, LA, Althamus Pellerin, Jr. and wife Gladys of Verdunville, LA, Terry Pellerin Sr. and wife Lelia of Lafayette, LA, Cosmas Pellerin and wife Sandra of Verdunville, LA; sisters, Faye P. Broussard and husband Lawrence of New Iberia, LA, Nancy P. Autin and husband Joseph of Lafayette, LA; and his cat, Menew Pellerin. He is preceded in death by his parents, Lucille Boudreaux Pellerin, and Althamus Pellerin Sr.; brothers, Marvin Pellerin, Frederick Pellerin Sr., and Jack Pellerin; and one sister, Margaret Fleming. Pallbearers will be Cosmas Pellerin, Josh Pellerin, Alvin Honore, Ralph Rochon, Larry Richard, and Althemus Pellerin. Honorary pallbearers will be Dennis Fleming Sr., Terry Pellerin Sr., Kevin Pellerin, Lawrence Broussard, Robert "Cholo" Broussard Sr., Brooks Pellerin, George Sigue, and Jim Broussard. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000 Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101. Pellerin Funeral Home of New Iberia, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, Louisiana 70560, (337-332-2111) is in charge of arrangements.