Gerrill Dean Bernard Dutile

St. Martinville - A Memorial Mass will be held at 11:00 am, on Saturday, January 10, 2015, at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville, for Gerrill Dean Bernard Dutile, 62, who passed away on Wednesday, January 7, 2015. The family requests that visiting hours be observed 8:00 am until 10:30 am on Saturday, at Pellerin Funeral Home in St. Martinville. A rosary will be prayed at 10:00 am on Saturday. Rev. Rusty Richard will officiate at the Memorial Mass. Readers will be Melanie Myers and Amber Bernard Melancon. Gift bearers will be Shantell Bernard Primeaux, Karen Champagne Brown, and Ryan Dugas. Inurnment will follow at St. Michael Cemetery in Saint Martinville. Gerrill Dean was the owner of Photography Plus and was retired from Process Printers, where she worked as a graphic arts designer. She was a former member of the M.P.S. Society. As a pastime she enjoyed photography, writing, listening to music and singing. She loved entertaining family and friends and will be sadly missed by everyone who knew and loved her. She was the cornerstone of the Bernard family and the absolute rock foundation of her own. She embraced life and inspired many. We are all humbled by the strength and resolve she demonstrated in her life challenge. She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Dutile of Broussard; her former spouse, Donald "Donnie" Dutile, Jr.; three brothers, Percy Bernard and wife, Jean, of Broussard, Lonnie Bernard and wife, Lisa, of Catahoula, and Keith Bernard of St. Martinville; three sisters, Cynthia Champagne and husband, Merlin, of St. Martinville, Cheryl Myers and husband, Melvin, of Houston, TX, and Linda Dugas and husband, Lynn, of Loreauville; her granddaughter, Micah Jade Mahon; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Percy Bernard, Sr. and Cecile Henry Bernard; and her twin sons, Blake and Lance Dutile. Thanks to loving family and devoted friends, Miles Perett, Lydia Cancer Association, Heart of Hospice, Community Home Health for their help and support and everyone who dedicated their time and effort to her care. Pellerin Funeral Home of St. Martinville, 112 New Market St., St. Martinville, Louisiana 70582, (337-394-9121) is in charge of arrangements. To view on-line obituary, sign guestbook and view video tribute, go to www.pellerinfuneralhome.com