Gracie Bodin Haydel

St. Martinville - A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am on Friday, October 12, 2018, at St. Martin de Tours Catholic Church in St. Martinville for Gracie Bodin Haydel, 100, who passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018, in New Iberia. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery in New Iberia. Rev. Rusty P. Richard will be the Celebrant. The family requests that visiting hours be observed at Pellerin Funeral Home in St. Martinville from 5:00 pm until 9:00 pm on Thursday, and continue on Friday at 8:00 am until 10:30 am. A rosary will be prayed at 7:00 pm on Thursday. A lifelong area resident, Mrs. Haydel was born on September 9, 1918 to the late Denis and Laurence Hebert Bodin, and was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, and spending time with her family and friends. Survivors include her sons, Bill Haydel and wife Denise of New Iberia, Lanny Haydel and wife Claire of New Iberia, and Richard Haydel and wife Jayne of Kingwood, Texas; daughters, Claire Broussard and husband Terry of St. Martinville, and Trudy Labat of LaPlace; brothers, Francis Bodin and wife Gwen of Ashton, and Denis Bodin, Jr. and wife Aline of Ashton; 19 grandchildren, 29 great grandchildren; and 2 great great grandchildren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bolden Haydel; brothers, Ambrose Bodin, Roland Bodin, Theophile Bodin, and Jules Bodin; sisters, Rita Darden, Irene Breaux, Hazel Dumesnil, and Theresa Boudreaux; granddaughters, Rebecca Tassara, and Marie Jean Labat; great granddaughter, Adalee Haydel; and a son-in-law, Terry Labat. Pellerin Funeral Home, 112 New Market St., St. Martinville, LA 70582, (337-365-3331) is in charge of arrangements.