Emile Bertrand, Jr.

New Iberia - Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, June 19, 2020, at Pellerin Funeral Home in New Iberia for Emile Bertrand, Jr., 86, who passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020, at his home. A gathering of family and friends will be at the funeral home from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm on Friday. Interment will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery in New Iberia. A resident of Lake Charles for 22 years and a resident of New Iberia since 1975, Emile Bertrand, Jr. was born in Jeanerette, LA on January 3, 1934 to the late Emile Bertrand, Sr. and Vivian Bouillon Bertrand. He worked for Delmar and retired after 36 years of service. Mr. Bertrand loved fishing, building bird houses and cooking (he was excellent at frying fish and barbecuing), but what he cherished most was time spent with his family, especially spoiling all of his grandchildren. He will be deeply missed. He is survived by daughters, Regina B. Touchet and husband Ronald, Carmen B. Bourque and husband Regan, and Darlene B. DeMarcay, all of New Iberia; sons, Verlon Bertrand and wife Monica of New Iberia, and Mark J. Bertrand and wife Phyllis of Youngsville; 27 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Bridgette Butaud Bertrand; a son, Emile Bertrand, III; a great-grandson, Johnathan Emile Bertrand; five brothers; and three sisters. Pallbearers will be Ricky Bertrand, Bryan DeMarcay, Michael DeMarcay, Ian Bertrand, Regan Bourque Jr., Wayne Gary, Jr., and Casey Bourque. Honorary pallbearers are Devin Bertrand, Steven Bertrand, Emile Bertrand IV, Chad Young, Tyson Young, and Wyatt Gary. Pellerin Funeral Home, 502 Jefferson Terrace Blvd., New Iberia, LA 70560, (337-365-3331) is in charge of arrangements.